Bottisham Airfield

Lancasters over Bottisham 3/3/1944 (© USAAF via Mark Brotherton)

Bottisham Airfield

Watch Office for all Commands 15371/41, with rooftop visual control room

Other Buildings:

3/40 to 10/40, First used by bomb-armed Tiger Moths transferred from 22 EFTS to be prepared for possible anti-invasion duties. Then used by 22 EFTS Tiger Moths as an RLG until /41
14/7/41 to 5/42, Airfield transferred to 241 Sqn Army Co-operation Command with Lysanders, Tomahawks, Mustang I's, moved to Ayr.
15/6/42 to /42, Used by 652 and 168 Squadrons.
11/43 to 9/44, 374th, 375th and 376th Fighter Squadrons of the 361st Fighter Group 'The Yellow Jackets' 21/1/44, first combat mission with P-47 Thunderbolts, re-equipped with P-51D Mustangs 5/44, moved to Little Walden.
/45 to 1/5/46, Used temporarily by Belgian airmen until closure.

Presentation of DFC's and Air Medals to 361st FG pilots 1944 (© USAAF via Mark Brotherton)

RAF & 8th USAAF Fighter Base

Operational Fighter

Grass then, 2 Sommerfield track steel matting

1x - T2, 8x - Blister

5 miles E of Cambridge, S of Bottisham village

RAF Bottisham - 361st FG -

Bottisham Airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture
Tower Type:	Watch Office for all Commands 15371/41, with rooftop visual control room
Tower:	Demolished 1948
Other Buildings:	None
History:	3/40 to 10/40, First used by bomb-armed Tiger Moths transferred from 22 EFTS to be prepared for possible anti-invasion duties. Then used by 22 EFTS Tiger Moths as an RLG until /41 14/7/41 to 5/42, Airfield transferred to 241 Sqn Army Co-operation Command with Lysanders, Tomahawks, Mustang I's, moved to Ayr. 15/6/42 to /42, Used by 652 and 168 Squadrons. 11/43 to 9/44, 374th, 375th and 376th Fighter Squadrons of the 361st Fighter Group 'The Yellow Jackets' 21/1/44, first combat mission with P-47 Thunderbolts, re-equipped with P-51D Mustangs 5/44, moved to Little Walden. /45 to 1/5/46, Used temporarily by Belgian airmen until closure.

RAF & 8th USAAF Fighter Base
Airfield:		Operational Fighter
Opened:		1940
Closed:		1/5/46
ID Code:		IM
USAAF Station:		374
Runways:		Grass then, 2 Sommerfield track steel matting
Hangars:		1x - T2, 8x - Blister
County:		Cambridgeshire
Location:		5 miles E of Cambridge, S of Bottisham village
OS Ref:		TL540592
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