RAF Tuddenham

RAF Tuddenham
RAF Tuddenham;
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Royal Air Force station
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Tuddenham, Suffolk
Built	1941
In use	1941–1947; 1959–1963
Elevation AMSL	62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates	52°18′38″N 000°34′30″E / 52.31056°N 0.57500°E
Map
	RAF Tuddenham Location in Suffolk
Runways

Royal Air Force 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[edit]

No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF.^[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]

USAF 3114th Ammo Supply Squadron <Munitions storage and refurbishment. 1955–1959. Reestablished when the 8th Air Force returned to RAF Lakenheath. About 100 USAF airmen in refurbished barracks. A small RAF contingent for munitions disposal. Bombs in runways marked with large X. Small arms stored in hangars.
No. 107 Squadron RAF – PGM-17 Thor nuclear missiles.^[7]

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

Jefford, 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.