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Sudbury
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1973
(© via Steve Ward)
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Sudbury
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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
in the mid 1970s
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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Postwar the hangars were used for storage. |
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1972
(© Steve Bond)
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RAF and 8th USAAF
Station
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Airfield:
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Operational bomber
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Opened:
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3/1944
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Closed:
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8/1945
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Pundit Code:
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SU
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USAAF Station:
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174
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Runways:
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3 concrete, tarmac
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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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2 miles W of Sudbury
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OS Ref:
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TL893435
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs © as
stated
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| 486th BG | ||
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1973
(© via Steve Ward)
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RAF
Sudbury airfield 1944-45
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RAF
Sudbury airfield - 486 BG - www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman
2001
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