RAF Knettishall

Royal Air Force Knettishall or more simply RAF Knettishall is a former Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, UK. During the Second World War, it was numbered as Station 136 by the United States Army Air Forces while home to the 388th Bombardment Group and its four squadrons consisting of:

• 560th Bombardment Squadron
• 561st Bombardment Squadron
• 562nd Bombardment Squadron
• 563rd Bombardment Squadron

RAF Knettishall
Knettishall, Suffolk in England
An aerial photograph of RAF Knettishall in 1951
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces
Controlled by	Eighth Air Force
Location
RAF Knettishall Shown within Suffolk Show map of Suffolk RAF Knettishall RAF Knettishall (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	52°22′35″N 000°53′22″E
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)/43
In use	1943 - 1957 (1957)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Runways Direction Length and surface W/E 6000ft (1828m) - Concrete NW/SE 4200ft (1280m) - Concrete SW/NE 4200ft (1280m) - Concrete

An aircraft operating on what used to be RAF Knettishall

Part of the Eighth Air Force between 1943 and 1945.^[1]: 321 Royal Air Force Knettishall was declared surplus to RAF requirements after the war's end, it was closed in 1957. Most of the runways and buildings were demolished by the late 1960s, although some were still standing as ruins by 2000.^[2] The airfield itself remains in limited use by light general aviation aircraft to the present day.^[3]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations