RAF Sudbury was opened in 1944 and was built as a standard Class A heavy bomber airfield, with three intersecting concrete runways of standard lengths, fifty hardstands and two T2 hangars, to meet the USAAF bomber requirements.

RAF Sudbury was opened in 1944 and was built to the standard Class A heavy bomber airfield with three intersecting concrete runways of standard lengths with Fifty hardstands and two T2 hangars to meet the USAAF bomber requirements.

Royal Air Force station Sudbury or more simply RAF Sudbury is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Sudbury, Suffolk, England. RAF Sudbury was opened in 1944 and was built to the standard Class A heavy bomber airfield …

Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with …

Jan 21, 2021 · RAF Sudbury itself is now a ghost. The site opened in 1944 and was a Class A heavy bomber airfield with three concrete runways and two hangars to meet the USAAF bomber requirements.

Eighty years after the really quite brief period that RAF Sudbury, home to the 486th BG, USAAF, was operational, this video reveals the buildings, runway and taxiway fragments that survive to...

A deserted airfield lies just to the east of Sudbury. For some eighteen months in 1944-45 this was ‘home’ to some 3,000 young American GIs of the 486th Bomber Group. B17 and B24 heavy bombers took off on missions over Occupied Europe.

RAF Lavenham (also known as Cockfield) is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 7 miles (11 km) N of Sudbury in Suffolk, near the village of Alpheton. Lavenham airfield was built during 1943.

360 Degree Aerial Video of RAF Sudbury Airfield - 13 November 2018.

Oct 19, 2023 · Former RAF Sudbury. This is one of several WW2 Airfields in Suffolk and it was home to the 486th Bombardment Group. Video taken on 13 November 2018.For furt...