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RAF Rattlesden
USAAF Station 126
Located Near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Rattlesden Airfield - 7 May 1946
RAF Rattlesden USAAF Station 126 is located in Suffolk
RAF Rattlesden USAAF Station 126
RAF Rattlesden
USAAF Station 126
Coordinates52°10′03″N 000°51′52″E / 52.16750°N 0.86444°E / 52.16750; 0.86444
TypeRoyal Air Force station
CodeRS
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
Controlled byRAF Rattlesden Royal Air Force
 United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1942 (1942)
In use1942-1946 (1946)
Battles/warsEuropean Theatre of World War II
Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
GarrisonEighth Air Force
RAF Technical Training Command
Occupants322nd Bombardment Group
 447th Bombardment Group
B-17 of the 447th Bomb Group inflight en route to attack a Propeller plant at Frankfurt, Germany - 20 March 1944.
Battle damaged Boeing B-17G-30-BO Fortress Serial 42-31902 of the 447th Bomb Group at Rattlesden after a mission whose operational objective was a jet engine plant in Stuttgart, Germany, July 1944.

Royal Air Force Rattlesden or more simply RAF Rattlesden is a former Royal Air Force station located 9 miles (14 km) south east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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