RAF Wattisham

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RAF Wattisham
Wattisham, Suffolk in England
A McDonnell Douglas F-4J(UK) Phantom of No. 74(Fighter) Squadron which was based at RAF Wattisham.
Supra mare supra terramque (Latin for 'Above the sea and above the land')
RAF Wattisham Location in Suffolk
Coordinates	52°07′41″N 0°57′22″E / 52.128°N 0.956°E / 52.128; 0.956
Grid reference	TM025510[1]
Type	Royal Air Force flying station
Area	409 hectares
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force (1939–1942 and 1946–1993) United States Army Air Forces (1942–1946)
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command (1946-)
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1938 (1938)
Built by	John Laing & Son Ltd
In use	1939–1993 (1993)
Fate	Transferred to the British Army's Army Air Corps and became Wattisham Flying Station.
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: EGUW, WMO: 03590
Elevation	89 metres (292 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 05/23 2,424 metres (7,953 ft) Asphalt

Royal Air Force Wattisham or more simply RAF Wattisham (ICAO: EGUW) was, between 1939 and 1993, the name of a Royal Air Force station located in East Anglia just outside the village of Wattisham, south of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England. During the Cold War it was a major front-line air force base, operating Quick Reaction Alert (South), before closing as an Royal Air Force station in 1993. Since 1993 it has been operated by the British Army as Wattisham Flying Station.