RAF Raydon

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About

RAF Raydon, in Suffolk north-east of Ipswich, opened in 1943 as a United States Army Air Forces fighter station, Station 157. It was home in turn to the 357th, 358th and 353rd Fighter Groups, whose Republic P-47 Thunderbolts and North American P-51 Mustangs flew bomber escort and ground-attack sweeps over the Continent. Flying ended in the 1950s, and the site is now an industrial park, with two of its wartime hangars still standing.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including RAF Raydon — Wikipedia and Raydon — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.

Photographs

RAF Raydon (August 2022)
ⓘ licence & creditHarvey Milligan / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAF_Raydon_(2).jpgView source & full licence →
RAF Raydon (August 2022)
ⓘ licence & creditHarvey Milligan / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAF_Raydon_(1).jpgView source & full licence →
P-51D-10-NA Serial 44-14593 of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353d Fighter Group, based at RAF Raydon, England.
ⓘ licence & creditassumed USAAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P-51d-44-14593-353fg-raydon.jpgView source & full licence →
P-51D-15-NA Mustang 44-15092 "Lulu Belle II" of 352d Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, at RAF Raydon, England, being recovered after a landing accident while being flown by Lt. Everett B. Bowron. It was originally named "Alabama Rammer Jammer" and assigned to Lt. Arthur C. Cundy (KIA March 11,1945).
ⓘ licence & creditUnited States Army Air Forces / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P-51D-15-NA_Mustang_44-15092_352d_FS_353rd_FG_1944.jpgView source & full licence →
P-51B Serial 43-12123 of the 364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, based at RAF Raydon, England.
ⓘ licence & creditassumed USAAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P-51b-43-12123-357fg-raydon.jpgView source & full licence →

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