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Knettishall
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1945
(© 388th BG USAAF via Bob Stewart)
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Knettishall
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 Bomber
Stations and OTU's 13726/41 with small front windows to 15683/41
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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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1/43 to 6/43, used by RAF 3 Group as a satellite to Honington
then Halesworth. 6/43 to
8/45, 560th, 561st, 562nd and 563rd Bombardment Squadrons of the 388th
Bombardment Group (Heavy) with B-17's. Flew 331 missions (including 19
Aphrodite missions from Fersfield) losing
179 B-17s. 6/9/43, lost 11 B-17's on a mission to Stuttgart including
all the aircraft of the 563rd BS. Airfield not
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1945
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RAF and USAAF Station
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Airfield:
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Operational bomber
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Opened:
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/1943
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Closed:
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/1957
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Pundit Code:
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KN
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USAAF Station:
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136
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Runways:
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3 concrete and wood
chips
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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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6 miles SE of Thetford
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OS Ref:
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TL968785
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Links:
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©:
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All photos ©
USAAF/USAF via Bob Stewart
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1945 (© USAAF) |
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Knettishall
airfield 1943-57 - 388th BG (H) -
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RAF
Knettishall airfield + control tower 388th BG = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2006
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