RAF Great Ashfield
Former Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Royal Air Force Great Ashfield or more simply RAF Great Ashfield is a former Royal Air Force station located 10 miles (16 km) east of Bury St. Edmunds and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England.
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Quick Facts RAF Great AshfieldRAF Elmswell USAAF Station 155, Coordinates ...
RAF Great Ashfield RAF Elmswell USAAF Station 155 | |
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Located Near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom | |
Coordinates | 52°15′20″N 000°56′37″E |
Type | Royal Air Force station |
Code | GA ? |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1943-1955 |
Battles/wars | European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | Eighth Air Force |
Occupants | 385th Bombardment Group |
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Great Ashfield Airfield is still in private use for agriculture, with no aviation activities remaining. It was originally a Royal Flying Corps grass landing strip on this site in World War I, and before the USAAF arrived the RAF had been using it for training, during that period it was known as RAF Elmswell.