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Mildenhall (Beck Row)
| Also known as: | Mildenhall Aerodrome / RAF Mildenhall / RAF Station, Mildenhall |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened World War One (alleged) |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / USAF |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved, later paved (1943) |
- Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill Parish Council
- Mildenhall Library
- Mildenhall Parish Council
- St John’s Church, Beck Row
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Engine Consumption Unit
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No 3 BAT Flight
- No 3 (Bomber) Group
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No 3 Gp Comm Flight
- No 3 Gp Maintenance and Servicing
- No 3 Gp Servicing Section
- No 3 LFS
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No 4 (Bomber) Group
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No 5 (Bomber) Group
- No 5 Gp Practice Flight
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No XV Sqn
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No 25 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
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No 32 Base
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No 35 Sqn
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No 38 Sqn
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No 44 Sqn
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No 73 Sqn
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No 75 Sqn
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No 99 Sqn
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100th Air Refuelling Wing
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No 115 Sqn
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No 149 Con Flight
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No 149 Sqn
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No 207 Sqn
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No 211 Sqn
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No 218 Sqn
- 313th Tactical Airlift Group
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352nd Special Operations Group
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No 401 Met Flight
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No 419 Sqn
- 435th Tactical Airlift Group
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513th Troop Carrier Wing
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No 622 Sqn
- No 721 Defence Sqn
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No 1503 BAT Flight
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No 1505 BAT Flight
- No 2712 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2713 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2774 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4207 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Air Fighting Development Unit
- Detachment 4, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
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Engine Consumption Unit
- RAF Meteorological Flight
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Regional Control School
- Station Flight, Mildenhall
The former Officers' Mess at Mildenhall, 14 October 2008.
The RAF Silver Jubilee Review, 1935. Courtesy of British Pathé
German Flying Officers inspect RAF aircraft at Mildenhall, 1937. Courtesy of British Pathé
Vickers Wellingtons at Mildenhall, 1939. Courtesy of dom85270
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| Bomber Command Base Sub-Station(s): | Birch / East Wretham / Gosfield / Lakenheath / Methwold / Newmarket Heath / Tuddenham |
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