RAF Knettishall is a former

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

airfield in

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include ...

. It was numbered as Station 136 by the

United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

while home to the

388th Bombardment Group 388th may refer to: *388th Electronic Combat Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit * 388th Fighter Squadron or 132nd Fighter Wing (132d W), United States Air Force unit assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard, located at Des Moines Intern ...

of the

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between 1943 and 1945.Anderson, p. 321

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388th Bomb Group Memorial at Knettishall on 388th Bomb Group Association website
{{USAAF 8th Air Force UK Airfields of the VIII Bomber Command in Suffolk Royal Air Force stations in Suffolk