RAF Bungay
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| Near Bungay, Suffolk in England | |||||||||||
Bungay Airfield - 6 October 1945
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 RAF Bungay
Shown within Suffolk
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| Coordinates | 52°25′54″N 001°24′41″E / 52.43167°N 1.41139°ECoordinates: 52°25′54″N 001°24′41″E / 52.43167°N 1.41139°E | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | JO | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Controlled by |
Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces |
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| Built | 1942 | ||||||||||
| Built by | Kirk & Kirk Ltd. | ||||||||||
| In use | 1942-1955 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars |
European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945 |
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| Elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Bungay or more simply RAF Bungay (known locally as Flixton) is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Bungay, Suffolk, England.
The airfield is also known after the village of Flixton, near which it was built.
Bungay airfield was originally planned as a satellite for nearby RAF Hardwick and was constructed by Kirk & Kirk Ltd., during 1942 with a main runway of 6,000 feet in length and two intersecting secondary runways, one of 4,220 feet and the other of 4,200 feet. In common with other airfields of the period, the technical, administrative and domestic buildings were dispersed to lessen the impact of any enemy air attack. The buildings were all of a temporary nature and the various sites were chiefly to the west of the airfield.
The airfield was allocated to the Americans and transferred to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force and designated Station 125.
USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Bungay were:
Bungay was still unfinished when the Twelfth Air Force 428th Bombardment Squadron, 310th Bombardment Group (Medium) at RAF Hardwick arrived with fourteen North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers in October 1942. The squadron moved on to Médiouna Airfield, French Morocco on 18 November 1942. A 12th Air Force film clip indicates that the 310th Bombardment Group was the first 12th Air Force group to fly the northern transport route from the United States to Europe and initially arrived at Prestwick, Scotland in October 1942.
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