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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Stradishall, Suffolk

Elevation AMSL
  
381 ft / 116 m

Year built
  
1937

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

In use
  
1938-1970 (1970)

00/00
  
0

Owner
  
Ministry of Defence

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Royal Air Force Stradishall or more simply RAF Stradishall is a former Royal Air Force station located 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north east of Haverhill, Suffolk and 9 miles (14 km) south west of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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History

The airfield was home to a number of squadrons during its lifetime:

RAF Stradishall No 214 FMS Squadron RAF Photo Album 4

  • No. 1 Squadron RAF, No. 9 Squadron RAF, No. 35 Squadron RAF, No. 51 Squadron RAF, No. 54 Squadron RAF, No. 75 Squadron RAF, No. 85 Squadron RAF, No. 89 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 101 Squadron RAF, No. 109 Squadron RAF, No. 115 Squadron RAF, No. 125 Squadron RAF, No. 138 Squadron RAF, No. 148 Squadron RAF, No. 149 Squadron RAF, No. 150 Squadron RAF, No. 152 Squadron RAF, No. 158 Squadron RAF, No. 186 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 207 Squadron RAF, No. 208 Squadron RAF, No. 214 Squadron RAF, No. 215 Squadron RAF, No. 236 Squadron RAF, No. 245 Squadron RAF, No. 254 Squadron RAF, No. 263 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 311 Squadron RAF.

    • Current use

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    The airfield closed in 1970 and is now the site of two category C prisons: HMP Highpoint North and HMP Highpoint South. Part of the former airfield remains a Ministry of Defence training site which is not accessible to the public.

    RAF Stradishall Roll of Honour Suffolk RAF Stradishall

    The airfield has been sold to a private buyer to be converted into farm land and is out of bounds to the public.

    RAF Stradishall Aerodrome and Approach charts atchistory

    There is a memorial to RAF Stradishall outside Stirling House which was once part of the officers quarters and is now a training unit for the Prison service.

    References

    RAF Stradishall Wikipedia
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