RAF Chedburgh

Royal Air Force Chedburgh or more simply RAF Chedburgh is a former Royal Air Force station located near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. The Bury Road Business Park is now located on the site, a principal enterprise being Yara UK Limited's liquid fertilizer production plant.[1]

RAF Chedburgh
Chedburgh in England
RAF Chedburgh
Shown within Suffolk
Coordinates52°10′49″N 000°37′15″E
TypeRoyal Air Force station
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Site history
Built1942 (1942)
In use1942-1947 (1947)
Airfield information
Elevation10 metres (33 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete
00/00  Concrete

History

Murray Peden, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, recounts in his memoirs[2] flying on his first attack on Germany, from RAF Chedburgh in September 1943. The target was Hanover. He was a new member of No. 214 Squadron RAF, which was equipped with four-engine Stirlings. He describes the long line of aircraft taxiing "ponderously" along a: "...perimeter track [which] ran within a hundred yards of Chedburgh's pub, before which the locals . . . had assembled for their nightly show." In 2018, the pub building still stood, near the northwest corner of the old airfield.[3]

The following units were here at some point:[4]

gollark: Weak.
gollark: + Send + Sync + Clone + Copy + Sized + Debug
gollark: You seem to have missed some purposes of conversation. I would actually like to know why. It's quite unusual.
gollark: Why did you get missiled? That's bad for your health. You should avoid this.
gollark: This is actually quite silly, since if you try and fight in modern mechanized warfare with a sword and such you'll just pointlessly die.

References
  1. http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/chedburgh/
  2. Peden, Murray, "A Thousand Shall Fall," Dundurn (April 1, 2003), p 244
  3. Google Earth latitude/longitude of pub: 52°11'15.06"N   0°36'53.39"E ; by 2018, the pub had closed and its future was in doubt. See for example: Michael Steward, "Campaign to Save Village Pub Gains Support," East Anglian Daily Times 23 May 2018 https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/campaign-to-save-village-pub-in-chedburgh-near-bury-st-edmunds-gains-support-1-5530587
  4. "Chedburgh". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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