RAF Shepherds Grove

RAF Shepherds Grove
Near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in England
RAF Shepherds Grove Shown within Suffolk
Coordinates	52°18′55″N 000°55′13″E
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Air Force
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)
In use	1944-1966 (1966)
Airfield information
Elevation	64 metres (210 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/19 1,845 metres (6,053 ft) Asphalt 08/26 1,220 metres (4,003 ft) Asphalt 14/32 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) Asphalt

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.

Units

The following units were here at some point:

• No. 30 Gliding School RAF
• 81st Fighter Interception Wing
• No. 82 Squadron RAF
• No. 196 Squadron RAF
• No. 299 Squadron RAF
• No. 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
• No. 1677 (Target Towing) Flight RAF
• Radio Warfare Establishment 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

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

• 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.