RAF Chedburgh | |
Location: | Chedburgh |
Country: | England |
Type: | Satellite station 1942-43 31 Base Substation 1943- |
Pushpin Map: | Suffolk |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Suffolk |
Pushpin Label: | RAF Chedburgh |
Ownership: | Air Ministry |
Operator: | Royal Air Force |
Controlledby: | RAF Bomber Command |
Code: | CU |
Built: | /42 |
Used: | September 1942 - October |
Builder: | John Laing & Son Ltd |
Battles: | European theatre of World War II |
Elevation: | 125m (410feet) |
R1-Number: | 00/00 |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
R2-Number: | 00/00 |
R2-Surface: | Concrete |
R3-Number: | 00/00 |
R3-Surface: | Concrete |
Royal Air Force Chedburgh or more simply RAF Chedburgh is a former Royal Air Force satellite 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.
Murray Peden, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, recounts in his memoirs[1] 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.[2]
The following units were here at some point:[3]