RAF Shepherds Grove
RAF Shepherds Grove![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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Near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in England | |||||||||||
![]() ![]() RAF Shepherds Grove Shown within Suffolk | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°18′55″N 000°55′13″E / 52.31528°N 0.92028°E | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force United States Air Force | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1943 | ||||||||||
In use | 1944-1966 | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 64 metres (210 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Shepherds Grove or more simply RAF Shepherds Grove is a former Royal Air Force station located in Suffolk, active from 1943–44 to 1966. Shepherds Grove was host to units of the United States Army Air Force, 8th Air Force. During the Cold war it was also one of the 20 Thor IRBM missile bases in the UK, as part of Project Emily.
Units[]
The following units were here at some point:[1]
- No. 30 Gliding School RAF
- No. 82 Squadron RAF
- No. 196 Squadron RAF
- No. 299 Squadron RAF
- No. 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- became the Central Signals Establishment
See also[]
- List of former Royal Air Force stations
- United States Air Forces in Europe
- United States Air Force in the United Kingdom
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ "Shepherd's Grove (Hepworth)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
Bibliography[]
- Ravenstein, Charles A., Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977, Office of Air Force History, 1984
- Endicott, Judy G., USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995. Office of Air Force History
- Menard, David W., Before Centuries. USAFE Fighters 1948-1959
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to RAF Shepherds Grove. |
- The Grover's Site
- RAF Shepherds Grove photos
- Shepherds Grove at www.controltowers.co.uk
- The 1954 Shepherds Grove Album
- The 1958 Shepherds Grove Album
- Aerial photo from Multimap.Com
- RAF Shepherds Grove photos taken in 2006
- the UnOfficial 81st SPS RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge Site the UnOfficial gathering place for the men and women who served in the USAF 81st Security (Air) Police Squadron at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge.
Categories:
- Installations of the United States Air Force in the United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force stations in Suffolk
- Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
- Military airbases established in 1944
- Military installations closed in 1966
- 1944 establishments in England
- 1966 disestablishments in England