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RAF Bury St Edmunds USAAF Station 468 | |||||||||||
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Near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in England | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°14′39″N 000°45′44″E / 52.24417°N 0.76222°E | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
Code | BU | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Controlled by | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
In use | 1942–1948 | ||||||||||
Events | European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 – May 1945 | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 63 metres (207 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Bury St Edmunds or more simply RAF Bury St Edmunds is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. It is not to be confused with the RAF grass strip on the western side of Bury St Edmunds known as RAF Westley, an area now part of the town itself.
The airfield was originally and is now again known as Rougham as it is located north of that village between the A14 and the main railway line between Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich.