RAF Sudbury Airport serves Sudbury, Suffolk, GB.
RAF Sudbury (also known as USAAF Station 174) in Suffolk, GB, opened in 1944 as a Class A heavy bomber base for the United States Army Air Forces' Eighth Air Force. It was home to the 486th Bombardment Group, which flew B-24 Liberators and B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombing missions over Germany until May 1945. The military airfield closed in 1945, and after the war, it was returned to the RAF for a brief period in 1945-1946 as 16 Recruit Centre before being decommissioned.
Today, the site is disused and largely returned to agriculture, with sections of runways and hardstands removed or covered by vegetation. While the control tower was demolished in the 1970s, its base remains, and the hangars are now used for grain storage.
*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, abct.org.uk, suffolkher.esdm.co.uk, 2rafproject.org.uk, controltowers.co.uk*
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RAF Sudbury is located in Sudbury, Suffolk, GB, at an elevation of 226 ft. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is GB-1113.