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Horham
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1944
(© 95th Bomb Group, USAAF via James Mutton)
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Horham
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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 with medium front windows to 343/43
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Tower:
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Demolished
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Other
Buildings:
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Red
Feather Club nissen hut now restored, other buildings not known
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History:
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10/42
to 01/43, 47th Bomb Group (M) with A-20 Havocs from Bury
St Edmunds, left for North Africa.05/43 to 06/43, 453rd, 454th, 455th and 456th Bomb Squadrons of the 323rd BG (M) with B-26 Marauders, moved to Earls Colne. 06/43 to 08/45, 334th, 335th, 336th and 412th Bombardment Squadrons of the 95th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived from Framlingham with B-17F's, later equipped with B-17G's. Flew 320 missions losing 157 aircraft in combat and another 39 in accidents. 95th BG was the only 8th AF Group to win three Distinguished Unit Citations: Regensburg 17/08/43, Munster 10/10/43 and Berlin 04/03/44, also had the highest claim of 425 enemy aircraft destroyed. 
10/45 to 10/48, Used by 25 and 262 MU's. 1950's, RAF Bloodhound missile
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RAF
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(©
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RAF
Horham - 47th Bomb Group - 95th Bomb Group - 323rd Bomb Group -
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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/1942
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Closed:
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/1963
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ID Code:
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JH
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USAAF Station:
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119
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Runways:
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3x - concrete
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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 miles SE of Eye
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OS Ref:
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TM205735
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Links:
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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The
95th BG Red Feather Club (© Rick Garside)
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RAF
Horham - 47th Bomb Group - 95th Bomb Group - 323rd Bomb Group -
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RAF
Horham airfield + control tower 47 BG - 95 BG - 323 BG = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2006 - Horham -
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