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Rattlesden
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1966
(© Harry Holmes)
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RAF
Rattlesden airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
Rattlesden gliding club
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for Night
Fighter Stations 4533/42
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Tower:
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Gliding
Clubhouse
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Other
Buildings:
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Many
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History:
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RAF
Rattlesden - 322nd BG - 447th BG -
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1945
(© 447th Bomb Group, USAAF)
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RAF
Rattlesden airfield - 322nd
Bomb Group - 447th Bomb Group -
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber Station
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Opened:
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12/42
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Closed:
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08/46
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ID Code:
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RS
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USAAF Station:
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126
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Runways:
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3x - 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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9 miles SE of Bury St
Edmunds
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OS Ref:
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TL961560
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs ©
as stated
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RAF Rattlesden airfield - 322nd BG - 447th BG - |
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2001
(© Robert Truman)
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RAF
Rattlesden airfield - 322nd Bomb Group - 447th Bomb Group -
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Left: Memorial to the 447th BG Right: Memorial to Medal of Honor winner 2nd Lt Robert Femoyer, 711th Sqn, KIA 2/11/44 |
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RAF
Rattlesden airfield - 322nd Bomb Group - 447th Bomb Group -
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RAF
Rattlesden airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2001 - Rattlesden, 447th Bomb Group
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