European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
Garrison
Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force RAF Fighter Command
Occupants
357th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Group 353rd Fighter Group
Royal Air Force Raydon or more simply RAF Raydon is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the northeast of the village of Raydon, about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Ipswich, England.
Royal Air Force Raydon or more simply RAFRaydon is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the northeast of the village of Raydon, about 6 miles...
Raydon is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles south-east of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
Mustang-equipped 357th Fighter Group from Raydon to the Eighth Air Force. The 357th Fighter Group, arrived at Leiston from RAFRaydon on 31 January 1944, replacing...
War II for a nearby United States Army Air Forces base, later known as RAFRaydon. The line opened in 1847 and closed to passenger traffic in 1932, with...
Royal Air Force Thorpe Abbotts or more simply RAF Thorpe Abbotts is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Diss, Norfolk, in...
Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England. The airfield is in the civil parish...
and dive-bombed targets in France. On 12 April 1944 the 353rd moved to RAFRaydon. With the departure of the P-47's of the 353d, a Consolidated B-24 Liberators...
Airfield, Wyoming, 7 October – 9 November 1943 RAFRaydon (USAAF Station 157), England, 30 November 1943 RAF Leiston (USAAF Station 373), England, 31 January...
Royal Air Force Molesworth or more simply RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England with a history...
Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 mi (5 km) north...
World War, the village was frequented by American airmen from nearby RAFRaydon. Men from the village were involved in two local Auxiliary Units, Wenham...
Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington (IATA: BEQ, ICAO: EGXH) is a Royal Air Force station located 6 mi (9.7 km) south of Thetford near...
October 1942 – c. 27 May 1943 RAF Goxhill (AAF-345), England, June 1943 RAF Metfield (AAF-366), England, 3 August 1943 RAFRaydon (AAF-157), England, April...
(USAAF): No. 2 Squadron RAF between 31 January 1943 and 19 March 1943 with detachments at RAF Westcott, RAF Newmarket, RAF Cranfield, RAF Duxford using the...
Royal Air Force Hardwick or more simply RAF Hardwick is a former Royal Air Force station located between the Norfolk villages of Topcroft and Hardwick...
Force's second victory over a jet-propelled Me 262 fighter. About this time Raydon was known colloquially as "Bomb Alley" due to the number of German V-1 "Doodlebug"...
Fighter Group moved into High Halden airfield in on 13 April 1944 from RAFRaydon. Operational squadrons of the 358th were: 365th Fighter Squadron (CH)...