RAF Chedburgh | |||||||||||
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Chedburgh in England | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°10′49″N 000°37′15″E / 52.18028°N 0.62083°E | ||||||||||
Type | Satellite station 1942-43 31 Base Substation 1943- | ||||||||||
Code | CU [1] | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
Controlled by |
RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF [1] | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1941 | /42||||||||||
Built by | John Laing & Son Ltd | ||||||||||
In use | September 1942 - October 1952 | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 125 metres (410 ft) [1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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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. [2]
Murray Peden, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, recounts in his memoirs [3] 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. [4]
The following units were here at some point: [2]