RAF Shepherds Grove

RAF Shepherds Grove
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in England
RAF Shepherds Grove Shown within Suffolk
Coordinates	52°18′55″N 000°55′13″E / 52.31528°N 0.92028°E / 52.31528; 0.92028
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command 1944-45 RAF Fighter Command 1945
Site history
Built	1943 (1943)/44
In use	April 1944 - July 1963 (1963)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	61 metres (200 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/19 1,845 metres (6,053 ft) Concrete 08/26 1,220 metres (4,003 ft) Concrete 14/32 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) Concrete

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 Forces, Eighth Air Force. During the Cold war it was also one of the 20 Thor IRBM missile bases in the UK, as part of Project Emily.