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Great Ashfield (Ashfield) (Elmswell)
| Also known as: | Elmswell Aerodrome / RAF Elmswell / RAF Great Ashfield / RAF Station, Great Ashfield / RFC Elmswell / USAAF Station 155 |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | Farmland |
| Date: | 1916 (earliest known date December) - 5 August 1956; subsequent minor use |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC / Civil (minor use) / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved, later paved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Bomber (main role) / Fighter (main role) / General aviation (minor use) / Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- All Saints’ Church, Great Ashfield
- Elmswell History Group – formerly Elmswell Millennium History Group
- Elmswell Library
- Elmswell Parish Council – south side of airfield
- Great Ashfield Parish Council – north side of airfield
- Wetherden Parish Council- south-east side of airfield
Main unit(s) present:
- No 75 Sqn
- No 94 MU
- No 95 MU
- 385th BG
- 548th BS
- 549th BS
- 550th BS
- 551st BS
- No 1665 HCU
Part of the perimeter track at Great Ashfield, 8 May 2005.
Looking west across Great Ashfield, 13 June 2009. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Aerial footage of Great Ashfield. Courtesy of blobmudcowdung
Plan of Great Ashfield (Ashfield) (Elmswell) during the First World War. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
| Decoy Airfield(s): | |
| Home Defence Flight Station(s): | Hadleigh I / Harling Road / North Weald (North Weald Bassett) |
| Home Defence Landing Ground(s): | Biggleswade / Clipston / Coldham / Cottenham / Earsham / Fowlmere / Goldington / Gosfield (Sible Hedlingham) / Hanslope / Horseheath / Lavendon / Little Downham / Martlesham Heath / Orton / Port Meadow / Stutton / Thaxted / Thetford / Tibenham / Upwood (Bury) / Willian / Wormingford / Wyton |
