RAF Tuddenham

RAF Tuddenham
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Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Tuddenham, Suffolk
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941-1947 1959-1963 (1963)
Elevation AMSL	62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates	52°18′38″N 000°34′30″E / 52.31056°N 0.57500°E / 52.31056; 0.57500Coordinates: 52°18′38″N 000°34′30″E / 52.31056°N 0.57500°E / 52.31056; 0.57500
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RAF Tuddenham Location in Suffolk
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 0 0 Asphalt 12/30 0 0 Asphalt 18/26 0 0 Asphalt

Royal Air Force Station Tuddenham or RAF Tuddenham is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south east of Mildenhall, Suffolk, England and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) north west of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Station history

• No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School.^[1]
• No. 90 Squadron RAF starting on 13 October 1943 with the Short Stirling III before changing to the Avro Lancaster I and III in May 1944 and leaving on 11 November 1946 to RAF Wyton.^[2]
• No. 138 Squadron RAF between 9 March 1945 and 12 November 1946 with the Avro Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Wyton.^[3]
• No. 149 Squadron RAF between 29 April 1946 and 4 November 1946 with the Avro Lancaster I and III.^[4]
• No. 186 Squadron RAF reformed at RAF Tuddenham on 1 October 1944 with the Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Stradishall on 17 December 1945 where the squadron disbanded on 17 July 1945.^[5]
• No. 207 Squadron RAF used the airfield between 29 April 1946 and 8 November 1946 with the Lancaster I and III.^[6]
• No. 281 Maintenance Unit.^[1]

Current use

The site is now used for farming^[1] and Gunman Airsoft.

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to RAF Tuddenham.

• Jefford MBE, Wg Cdr C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.