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Bentwaters
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2001
(© CJ van Daatselaar)
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RAF
Bentwaters airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Brownfield
for building/industrial use. Many British TV series have been filmed here
including the Channel 4 paintball series 'X Fire' in 2001/2 and the awful
'Space Cadets' in 2005, both using the control tower as HQ
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands type 12779/41, with 343/43 type small front windows
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Tower:
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Disused
but in good condition
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Other
Buildings:
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Many
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History:
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RAF
Bentwaters airfield
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RAF
Bentwaters airfield
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber Station
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Opened:
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/04/1944
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Closed:
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/1993
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ID Code:
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BY
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USAAF Station:
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151
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Runways:
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3x - concrete, tarmac
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Hangars:
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2x - T2
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County:
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Suffolk
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Location:
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4-1/2 miles NE of Woodbridge
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OS Ref:
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TM353533
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Links
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Dan McKenzie's website
and Bentwaters tour: www.bunkertours.com
Linn Barringer's Bentwaters and Woodbridge site: www.bentwaters.org |
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©:
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All
Photographs © Dan McKenzie, Airfield Research Group, except the one
credited to CJ van Daatsellar
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RAF
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RAF
Butley - Bentwaters - airfield
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RAF
Butley - RAF Bentwaters airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2001
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Opened as Bomber Command Station 04/1944. Transferred to 11Gp Fighter
Command 12/1944. Squadrons based here at various times up to end of war:
64, 118, 126, 129, 165, 234.
USAFE
history coming soon...