RAF Bodney

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RAF Bodney USAAF Station 141
Watton, Norfolk in England
Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking north, 18 April 1944
RAF Bodney Location in Norfolk Show map of Norfolk RAF Bodney RAF Bodney (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	52°33′44″N 000°42′48″E / 52.56222°N 0.71333°E / 52.56222; 0.71333
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	BO[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force[2] United States Army Air Forces
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 2 Group RAF (1940-1943) Eighth Air Force (1943-1945)
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)-40
In use	March 1940 - November 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	45 metres (148 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Grass 00/00  Grass 00/00  Grass

Royal Air Force Bodney or more simply RAF Bodney is a former Royal Air Force Station located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Watton, Norfolk, England.

Originally built as an RAF Bomber Command airfield during 1939-1940, Bodney was transferred to the United States Army Air Forces in the summer of 1943. Placed under the jurisdiction of VIII Fighter Command of Eighth Air Force, it was primarily the home of the 352d Fighter Group, the "Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney". The unit briefly moved to Belgium in January 1945 due to the Battle of the Bulge, although it returned in April. It was closed after the 352d returned to the United States in November.^[3]