RAF Horham airfield

1944 (© USAAF via James Mutton)

Watch Office for All Commands, 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43

Other Buildings:

Red Feather Club nissen hut now restored, other buildings not known

10/42 to 1/43, 47th Bomb Group (M) with A-20 Havocs from Bury St Edmunds, left for North Africa.
5/43 to 6/43, 453rd, 454th, 455th and 456th Bomb Squadrons of the 323rd BG (M) with B-26 Marauders, moved to Earls Colne.
6/43 to 8/45, 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 17/8/43, Munster 10/10/43 and Berlin 4/3/44, 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 site.

(© Rick Garside)

RAF USAAF Station

Operational Bomber

4 miles SE of Eye

RAF Horham airfield - 47th BG - 95th BG - 323rd BG -

Horham airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture
Tower Type:	Watch Office for All Commands, 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43
Tower:	Demolished
Other Buildings:	Red Feather Club nissen hut now restored, other buildings not known
History:	10/42 to 1/43, 47th Bomb Group (M) with A-20 Havocs from Bury St Edmunds, left for North Africa. 5/43 to 6/43, 453rd, 454th, 455th and 456th Bomb Squadrons of the 323rd BG (M) with B-26 Marauders, moved to Earls Colne. 6/43 to 8/45, 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 17/8/43, Munster 10/10/43 and Berlin 4/3/44, 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 site.

RAF USAAF Station
Airfield:	Operational Bomber
Opened:	/1942
Closed:	/1963
ID Code:	JH
USAAF Station:	119
Runways:	3 concrete
Hangars:	2x - T2
County:	Suffolk
Location:	4 miles SE of Eye
OS Ref:	TM205735
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