Wattisham
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STATION 377
479th Fighter Group. May 1944 - November 1945
Location:
Two miles north-east of Bildeston, Suffolk, north of B1078.
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Remaining Buildings, etc.:
A pre-Second World War RAF Station, the original buildings are still intact although they have been subject to some alterations. Flying field intact and extended with hard surfaced runways and hardened aircraft shelters added since 479th FG residence. In use as RAF fighter station until 1992. Now occupied by British Army as a main helicopter base.
Memorial:
Plaque in Station Museum, presented in 1988. Wattisham Airfield Historical Society collection housed in building 144, open Sundays, 2 - 4.30 pm, April - October, outside these hours by prior arrangement.
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