Air Force Metfield or more simply RAF Metfield is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the southeast of the village of Metfield, Suffolk,...
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was assigned to the 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy), relocating from RAF Metfield in Suffolk, in August 1944. The 491st was assigned to the 14th Combat...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (redirect from List of former RAF stations)
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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medieval moated site close to the church is a scheduled monument. Parts of RAF Metfield, a World War II airfield built in 1943 and used by the United States...
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Royal Air Force Molesworth or more simply RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England with a history...
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Beccles Airfield (redirect from RAF Beccles)
Wing. The 95th had two Bombardment Groups, the 489th at RAF Halesworth and the 491st at RAF Metfield. Other combat wings had three Bomber Groups. The airfield...
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Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington (IATA: BEQ, ICAO: EGXH) is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Thetford near...
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Royal Air Force Debden or more simply RAF Debden is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Saffron Walden and approximately...
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Royal Air Force Wattisham or more simply RAF Wattisham (ICAO: EGUW) was, between 1939 and 1993, the name of a Royal Air Force station located in East...
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Royal Air Force High Wycombe or more simply RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in...
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Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 mi (5 km) north...
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Royal Air Force Podington, more commonly known as RAF Podington, is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station in northern Bedfordshire, England, 6 miles...
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Royal Air Force Thurleigh or more simply RAF Thurleigh is a former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England...
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Royal Air Force Kimbolton or more simply RAF Kimbolton is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) west of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire...
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Royal Air Force Hardwick or more simply RAF Hardwick is a former Royal Air Force station located between the Norfolk villages of Topcroft and Hardwick...
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16 February – 27 May 1943 RAF Goxhill (AAF-345), England, 8 June 1943 RAF Metfield (AAF-366), England, 5 August 1943 RAF Raydon (AAF-157), England, 14...
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Royal Air Force Eye or more simply RAF Eye is a former Royal Air Force station located 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England on the...
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RAF Daws Hill was a Ministry of Defence site, located near High Wycombe and Flackwell Heath, in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the M40 motorway. The...
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1944 RAF North Pickenham (Sta 143), England (ground echelon), March 1944 Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado, (air echelon) 1 January 1944 RAF Metfield (Sta...
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Squadron Converted to B-17s, August 1944 491st Bombardment Group RAF Metfield, RAF North Pickenham, April 1944-July 1945 852d Bombardment Squadron 853d...
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Royal Air Force Watton or more simply RAF Watton is a former Royal Air Force station located 9 mi (14 km) southwest of East Dereham, Norfolk, England...
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Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England, that for many years was used by...
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Royal Air Force Harrington or more simply RAF Harrington is a former Royal Air Force station in England about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) west of Kettering in...
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Royal Air Force Horsham St Faith or more simply RAF Horsham St Faith is a former Royal Air Force station near Norwich, Norfolk, England which was operational...
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Royal Air Force Nuthampstead or more simply RAF Nuthampstead is a former Royal Air Force station in England. The airfield is located mostly in Hertfordshire...
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Royal Air Force Burtonwood (or RAF Burtonwood) is a former Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces base that was located in Burtonwood, 2 miles...
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1944 RAF North Pickenham (Sta 143), England (ground echelon), March 1944 Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado, (air echelon) 1 January 1944 RAF Metfield (Sta...
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1944 RAF North Pickenham (Sta 143), England (ground echelon), March 1944 Pueblo Army Air Base, Colorado, (air echelon) 1 January 1944 RAF Metfield (Sta...
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Royal Air Force Matlaske or more simply RAF Matlaske is a former Royal Air Force satellite station to RAF Coltishall, situated near Matlaske in Norfolk...
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Royal Air Force Raydon or more simply RAF Raydon is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the northeast of the village of Raydon, about 6 miles...
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