Royal Air Force Tuddenham or RAF Tuddenham is a former

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Sub station located south east of Mildenhall,

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and north west of

Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as ''Bury,'' is a cathedral as well as market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk District, West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St. Edmunds an ...

, Suffolk.

Station history

* No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF. * No. 90 Squadron RAF starting on 13 October 1943 with the

Short Stirling The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be introduced into service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the war (the earlier Handley ...

III before changing to the

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I and III in May 1944 and leaving on 11 November 1946 to

RAF Wyton Royal Air Force Wyton or more simply RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations, station near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is decommissioned and the station is now under the comm ...

. *

No. 138 Squadron RAF No. 138 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force that served in a variety of roles during its career, last disbanded in 1962. It was the first 'V-bomber' squadron of the RAF, flying the Vickers Valiant between 1955 and 1962. History ...

between 9 March 1945 and 12 November 1946 with the

I and III before moving to

. *

No. 149 Squadron RAF No. 149 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron between 1918 and 1956. Formed 1918 in the Royal Flying Corps as a night-bomber unit, it remained in that role for the rest of its existence which spanned three periods between 1918 and 1956. ...

between 29 April 1946 and 4 November 1946 with the Avro Lancaster I and III. * No. 186 Squadron RAF reformed at RAF Tuddenham on 1 October 1944 with the Lancaster I and III before moving to

RAF Stradishall Royal Air Force Stradishall or more simply RAF Stradishall is a former Royal Air Force station located north east of Haverhill, Suffolk and south west of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. History In his memoirs, Murray Peden, a Royal Can ...

on 17 December 1945 where the squadron disbanded on 17 July 1945. * No. 207 Squadron RAF used the airfield between 29 April 1946 and 8 November 1946 with the Lancaster I and III. * No. 281 Maintenance Unit.

Post war

*USAF 3114th Ammo Supply Squadron. Munitions storage and refurbishment. 1955–1959. Reestablished when the 8th Air Force returned to

RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations, station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk, Mildenhall and west of Thetford. The insta ...

. About 100 USAF airmen in refurbished barracks. A small RAF contingent for munitions disposal. Bombs in runways marked with large X. Small arms stored in hangars. *

No. 107 Squadron RAF No. 107 Squadron RAF was a Royal Flying Corps bomber unit formed during the World War I, First World War. It was reformed in the Royal Air Force during the World War II, Second World War and was operational during the Cold War on PGM-17 Thor, Th ...

–

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nuclear missiles.

Current use

The site is now used for farming and Gunman Airsoft.

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