RAF Bomber Command (1941-1942; 1943) * No. 2 Group RAF Eighth Air Force (1942-1943; 1944-1945) RAF Maintenance Command (1945-1956)
Site history
Built
1941 (1941)
Built by
Richard Costain Ltd
In use
June 1941-1950 (1950)
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation
50 metres (164 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
01/19
1,025 metres (3,363 ft) Concrete
08/26
1,830 metres (6,004 ft) Concrete
16/34
985 metres (3,232 ft) Concrete
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^"RAF Attlebridge". Control Towers. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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