RAF Sudbury

RAF Sudbury
USAAF Station 174
Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Sudbury Airfield - 8 July 1945
RAF Sudbury is located in Suffolk
RAF Sudbury
Coordinates52°03′43″N 0°45′22″E / 52.062°N 0.756°E / 52.062; 0.756
TypeRoyal Air Force station
CodeSU
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1943 (1943)
In use1944-1945 (1945)
Battles/warsEuropean Theatre of World War II
Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
Garrison Eighth Air Force
Occupants486th Bombardment Group
B-24s (Square-O) of the 486th Bomb Group. Identifiable is Ford B-24M-5-FO Liberator Serial 44-50561 of the 833d Bomb Squadron. This aircraft survived the war and was sent to RFC Walnut Ridge Arkansas on 3 January 1946 for scrapping.
B-17s (Square-W) of the 486th Bomb Group. Identifiable is Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-15-DL Fortress Serial 42-37891 of the 833d Bomb Squadron.

Royal Air Force Sudbury or more simply RAF Sudbury is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Sudbury, Suffolk, England.