RAF Horham

Royal Air Force Station Horham USAAF Station 119
Located Near Horham, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Aerial photograph of Horham airfield looking north, the bomb dump is to the rightof the airfield, barrack sites are on the left, 29 February 1944. Many of the 95th Bombardment Group B-17s are visible parked on hardstands around the perimeter track
RAF Horham Map showing the location of RAF Horham within Suffolk.
Coordinates	52°18′40″N 001°13′34″E / 52.31111°N 1.22611°E / 52.31111; 1.22611Coordinates: 52°18′40″N 001°13′34″E / 52.31111°N 1.22611°E / 52.31111; 1.22611
Type	Military airfield
Code	JH
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942-1946
Battles/wars	European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
Garrison	Eighth Air Force
Occupants	95th Bombardment Group

RAF Horham is a World War II era airfield in England. The field is located next to the village of Horham, England, and 4 miles SE of Eye in Suffolk. The large site straddled the parishes of Denham, Horham, Redlingfield and Hoxne.

Planned originally for RAF use, Horham airfield was provided to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force in 1942. Two T-2 hangars were erected on the south side of the airfield and painted in black and dark earth shadow shading camouflage in contrast to later airfields where the hangars were finished in tar varnish. The technical site was adjacent to the two hangars beside the B1117 road to Eye. Station headquarters, administrative buildings and dispersed living sites were temporary constructions chiefly of to the west of the airfield in the parish of Denham. Horham was given USAAF designation Station 119 (JH).

USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Horham were:

Regular Army Station Units included:

From 13 September 1943 through 6 August 1945, Horham served as headquarters for the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing of the 3d Bomb Division.

The first USAAF unit to use Horham was the 47th Bombardment Group (Light), arriving from RAF Bury St. Edmunds on 5 October 1942. The 47th flew the Douglas A-20 Havoc light bomber. The group used Horham as a staging point for their departure to Mediouna, French Morocco joining Twelfth Air Force in January 1943.

The 323d Bombardment Group (Medium) arrived at Horham on 12 May 1943 from Myrtle Beach AAF South Carolina. The group was assigned to the 3d Bomb Wing and flew Martin B-26B/C Marauders with a Horizontal white tail band for its group marking. Operational squadrons of the 323d were:

The group was assigned to the 8th Air Force at Horham however it transferred to RAF Earls Colne on 14 June before flying any operational missions from Horham.