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RAF Tuddenham

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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Tuddenham, Suffolk

06/24
  
0

Owner
  
Air Ministry

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

Elevation AMSL
  
62 ft / 19 m

Year built
  
1941

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In use
  
1941-1947 1959-1963 (1963)

Royal Air Force Station Tuddenham or RAF Tuddenham is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south east of Mildenhall, Suffolk, England and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) north west of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

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Station history

  • No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School.
  • No. 90 Squadron RAF starting on 13 October 1943 with the Short Stirling III before changing to the Avro Lancaster I and III in May 1944 and leaving on 11 November 1946 to RAF Wyton.
  • No. 138 Squadron RAF between 9 March 1945 and 12 November 1946 with the Avro Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Wyton.
  • No. 149 Squadron RAF between 29 April 1946 and 4 November 1946 with the Avro Lancaster I and III.
  • No. 186 Squadron RAF reformed at RAF Tuddenham on 1 October 1944 with the Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Stradishall on 17 December 1945 where the squadron disbanded on 17 July 1945.
  • No. 207 Squadron RAF used the airfield between 29 April 1946 and 8 November 1946 with the Lancaster I and III.
  • No. 281 Maintenance Unit.

    • Post war

  • No. 107 Squadron RAF - PGM-17 Thor nuclear missiles.

    • Current use

    The site is now used for farming and Gunman Airsoft.

    References

    RAF Tuddenham Wikipedia
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