Bungay
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STATION 125
446th Bomb Group - November 1943 to July 1945
Location:
The airfield, also known as Flixton, was situated just to the south of the B-1062 Harleston to Bungay road, about two miles from Bungay.
All sites are now private property and permission must be obtained prior to visiting. Please contact Memorial Library staff.
Remaining buildings:
Very little remains of this airfield. Only a small piece of runway is left, some taxi-ways are still intact, the last hard-stand is on the north side near the site of the shooting-in butts. The original headquarters building is intact at Abbey Farm. Away from the flying field a nearly complete site is to be found. Just beyond the 'Grange' Farm the old Aero Club, dining halls, PX building, Red Cross hut and showers are in good order. The former gym and support building is still standing in the area of the Officers Club (long gone).
Memorials, etc.:
Before the 446th B.G. left in 1945 they gave a set of wooden gates to St Mary's church, Flixton which stood very close to the airfield. In 1987, during a 2nd A.D. reunion, a new set of gates was dedicated and a Roll Of Honor placed in the church as a memorial to the men who lost their lives flying from Flixton. A wooden seat with a plaque dedicated to the 446h is situated in the church porch.
In September 2003 a memorial stone was erected in a small garden of remembrance with seat and information board (supplied by Suffolk County Council). The black granite stone is in the shape of a B24 Liberator tail with 466th BG badges, details of operations and personnel. It is situated on the left, further along the road going left (uphill) from St. Mary's church and is on land donated by the farmer close to the HQ buildings, technical site and end of the main runway.
A bronze plaque, mounted on English Oak, was presented to the people of Bungay in May 1983 by the 446th BGA. The plaque hangs in the Bungay Community Centre. a former forces rest room.
On the B1062 next to the Flixton "Buck" public house, the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum has a display of various aircraft and memorabilia. Much of the latter is associated with the 8th Air Force and there is a separate building displaying 446th B.G. memorabilia. A handsome memorial featuring a B24 propeller blade, was dedicated during a reunion in 1993. The mosaic, formerly part of the fountain located outside the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library (destroyed by fire), is now in place at the Museum. Visit the Museum's website at: www.aviationmuseum.net .
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