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Lavenham airfield control tower - 487th Bomb Group -
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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, 10302/42 (and appears to have lower front windows to
343/43)
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Tower:
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Offices
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
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History:
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04/1944 to 08/1945, 836th, 837th, 838th and 839th Bombardment Squadrons of
the 487th Bombardment Group (Heavy). Flew 46 missions with the B-24 Liberator
before converting to the B-17 Flying Fortress 07/1944, flying a further
139 missions, losing 48 aircraft. 24/12/1944, This is the airfield from which Brigadier General Frederick Castle flew from when he won the Medal of Honor.  Post-war the airfield remained on care and maintenance until 1958 when
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Lavenham airfield control tower - 487th Bomb Group -
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Lavenham
control tower is just visible on the right behind 487th Bomb Group Liberators
May 1944 (© USAAF) |
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Lavenham
control tower Winter
1944/45 (©
USAAF)
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Lavenham airfield control tower - 487th Bomb Group -
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber Station
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Opened:
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04/1944
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Closed:
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ID Code:
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LV
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USAAF Station:
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137
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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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7 miles N of Sudbury
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OS Ref:
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TL895524
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©:
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Photos copyright
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1982
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Paul Francis)
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Lavenham airfield control tower - 487th Bomb Group - |
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2003 (©
Mark Brotherton) |
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Lavenham airfield control tower - 487th Bomb Group -
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1945 (©
487th BG, USAAF) |
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1945 (©
487th BG, USAAF) |
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Lavenham airfield control tower - 487th Bomb Group - |
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RAF Lavenham 487th Bomb Group airfield and control tower www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2003 -
- RAF Lavenham - updated 16/06/2017 - |