RAF Shepherds Grove
RAF Shepherds Grove | |||||||||||
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Near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in England | |||||||||||
RAF Shepherds Grove Shown within Suffolk | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°18′55″N 000°55′13″E / 52.31528°N 0.92028°ECoordinates: 52°18′55″N 000°55′13″E / 52.31528°N 0.92028°E | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
Operator |
Royal Air Force United States Air Force | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1943 | ||||||||||
In use | 1944-1966 | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 64 metres (210 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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RAF Shepherds Grove was a Royal Air Force station located in Suffolk, active from 1943-44 to 1966. Shepherds Grove was host to units of the United States Army Air Force, 8th Air Force.
See also
Bibliography
- Ravenstein, Charles A., Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977, Office of Air Force History, 1984
- Endicott, Judy G., USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995. Office of Air Force History
- Menard, David W., Before Centuries. USAFE Fighters 1948-1959
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to RAF Shepherds Grove. |
- The Grover's Site
- RAF Shepherds Grove photos
- Shepherds Grove at www.controltowers.co.uk
- The 1954 Shepherds Grove Album
- The 1958 Shepherds Grove Album
- Aerial photo from Multimap.Com
- RAF Shepherds Grove photos taken in 2006
- the UnOfficial 81st SPS RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge Site the UnOfficial gathering place for the men and women who served in the USAF 81st Security (Air) Police Squadron at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge.
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