RAF Thorpe Abbotts

RAF Thorpe Abbotts
USAAF Station 139
Diss, Norfolk, England
Thorpe Abbots Airfield - 13 November 1946
RAF Thorpe Abbotts is located in Norfolk
RAF Thorpe Abbotts
Coordinates52°23′N 1°13′E / 52.38°N 1.22°E / 52.38; 1.22
TypeRoyal Air Force station
CodeTA
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Controlled byEighth Air Force
Site history
Built1942
Built byJohn Laing & Son Ltd.
In use1943-1956 (1956)
Battles/warsEuropean Theatre of World War II
Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
Garrison100th Bombardment Group
Airfield information
Runways
Direction Length and surface
East/West 10/28  Concrete 6300ft
NNE/SSW 22/04  Concrete 4200ft
NNW/SSE 17/35  Concrete 4200ft
Tail of a 100 ARW Boeing KC-135R-BN Stratotanker, Serial 58-0100, displaying the crest of RAF Mildenhall and the historic "Square-D" badge as used by the unit during the second world war

Royal Air Force Thorpe Abbotts or more simply RAF Thorpe Abbotts is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Diss, Norfolk, in eastern England.

The station was built for the RAF use but handed over to the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 and upgraded for heavy bomber squadrons.