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Eye
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1944
(© USAAF)
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RAF
Eye airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for all
Commands 12779/41 front windows reduced to medium size 343/43
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Tower:
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Demolished
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Other
Buildings:
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None
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History:
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4/44 to 8/45, 848th, 849th, 850th and 851st Bombardment Squadrons of the
490th Bombardment Group (Heavy) from the USA with B-24 Liberators, 8/44
converted to the B-17 Flying Fortress. Flew 158 missions losing 22 aircraft,
the lowest loss rate of all the 8th USAAF Bomb Groups, returned to the
USA. 11/45, airfield
transferred to RAF Bomber Command until sold 1962. |
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17/7/1944
(© USAAF via Susan Shuler Pena)
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USAAF and RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Operational bomber
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Opened:
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/44
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Closed:
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/45
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Code:
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EY
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USAAF Station:
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134
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Runways:
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3 concrete, screeded
finish
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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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11 miles NE of Stowmarket
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OS Ref:
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TM130750
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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RAF
Eye airfield - 490th BG -
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RAF
Eye airfield + control tower 490th BG = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2006
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