RAF Mendlesham
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RAF Mendlesham, in Suffolk north-east of Stowmarket, opened late in 1943 as a United States Army Air Forces base, Station 156. It was the home of the 34th Bombardment Group, which flew daylight missions over occupied Europe — beginning on Consolidated B-24 Liberators before converting to Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses — until the end of the war. The Americans left afterwards and the airfield was largely cleared; a tall broadcasting transmitter mast now rises from the site, the rest of which has returned to farmland with one hangar surviving.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Mendlesham — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust and RAF Mendlesham — Wikipedia. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
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