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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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RAF Chedburgh

Royal Air Force Chedburgh or more simply RAF Chedburgh is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. The Bury Road Business Park is now located on the site, a principal enterprise being Yara UK Limited's liquid fertilizer production plant.

History

Murray Peden, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, recounts in his memoirs flying on his first attack on Germany, from RAF Chedburgh in September 1943. The target was Hanover. He was a new member of No. 214 Squadron RAF, which was equipped with four-engine Stirlings. He describes the long line of aircraft taxiing "ponderously" along a: "...perimeter track [which] ran within a hundred yards of Chedburgh's pub, before which the locals . . . had assembled for their nightly show." In 2018, the pub building still stood, near the northwest corner of the old airfield.

The following units were here at some point:

References

Citations

  1. ^ Falconer 2012, p. 63.
  2. ^ "Chedburgh". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. ^ Peden, Murray, "A Thousand Shall Fall," Dundurn (April 1, 2003), p 244
  4. ^ Google Earth latitude/longitude of pub: 52°11'15.06"N   0°36'53.39"E  ; by 2018, the pub had closed and its future was in doubt. See for example: Michael Steward, "Campaign to Save Village Pub Gains Support," East Anglian Daily Times 23 May 2018 https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/campaign-to-save-village-pub-in-chedburgh-near-bury-st-edmunds-gains-support-1-5530587
  5. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 191.
  6. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 100.

Bibliography

  • Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
  • Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.