Attlebridge
ATTLEBRIDGE: Military aerodrome
Note: This picture (2017) was obtained from Google Earth ©
Another fine example of a WW2 airfield which, some seventy years later, can still be seen in considerable detail.
Military users: WW2: RAF Bomber Command 2 Group
88 Sqdn (Bristol Blenheims later Douglas A-20 Bostons)
RAF Coastal Command
320 (Netherlands) Sqdn (Avro Ansons & Lockheed Hudsons, then Dougas A-20 Bostons, later North American B-25 Mitchells)
Note: When 320 Sqdn converted to the Bostons, presumably they transferred to 2 Group, Bomber Command?
8th USAAF 96th Bombardment Wing 466th Bomb Group
784, 785, 786 & 787 Sqdns (Consolidated B-24 Liberators)
Location: SW of Weston Longville, 7nm NW of Norwich
Period of operation: 1941 to 1959
Runways: WW2: 09/27 1828x46 hard 04/22 1280x46 hard
14/32 1280x46 hard
NOTES: It was standard practice for the USAAF to base four bomber squadrons at each of their UK aerodromes in WW2. In 1994 the site was listed as being used as a turkey farm with the control tower being the ‘office’.
simon roberts
This comment was written on: 2018-09-25 13:45:47Hiya...Love your site - really interesting - just thought you might be interested to add on to your list....One and a quarter miles due north of Heathfield Police Staition East Sussex. Ultra Light aircraft reg.,-G-BUWK ...the aircraft plainly visible from above on GoogleEarth
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi Simon, You will find this airstrip listed as Bradley's Lawn. Best regards, Dick
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