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Bentwaters (Butley)

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Buildings at this still remarkably intact airfield store a tremendous array of items, ranging from wine to equipment for the Aldeburgh Festival, which has also mounted musical events here.

Also known as:	Base Business Park / Bentwaters Business Park / Bentwaters Parks / RAF Bentwaters / RAF Station, Bentwaters / USAAF Station 151
County:	Suffolk
Current Status:	Aviation / Industry (main position) / Leisure activity / Museum
Date:	17 April 1944 (Care & Maintenance) - July 1993; subsequent minor use to present
Current Use:	Disused
Used By:	RAF (main user) / Civil (minor use) / USAF (main user)
Landing Surface Types:	Paved
Aircraft Roles:	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 01/09/2011):

Air Charter International
Alde Securities Ltd
Allglass (Anglia) Ltd
Amania Trading Ltd t/a Curtains At Home
Amarinth Pump Manufacturers
Angel Theatre
Anglian Automation Systems Ltd
Bambooty Real Nappies Ltd
Base Business Park - formerly Stansall Properties Ltd
Bentwaters Aviation Society
Bentwaters Cold War Museum
Bentwaters Parks Ltd
Billie Box Ltd
Bread
Bruizer Ltd
Buckland Buses/Buckland Coaches
Butley Capel St Andrew and Wantisden Parish Council
Carrara Colour
CMG Technologies
Coastal Transport
Colourchange UPVC
Debach Enterprises Ltd
Driver Base
Eastern Woodfuel
Eclipse Home Improvements
Envirocars
Everett Aero
Frame Factory
Free Spirit Architectural Design & Conservation Limited
Global Trading
Granny Smith's Cafe
Green Gardener
Happi Days Rendlesham
Hull Aero
The Hush House - filming location
Jays Cafe
Kin Knives
Lasercare Anglia Ltd
Light Years Ahead Ltd
Locummed
Loopwhole
Madelyns Books
Maison Bengal Ltd
Nets At Home
New Roofs
Old Jet
Pinnacle Body Movement
Pooley Removals & Storage
Rendlesham Community Primary School
Rendlesham Parish Council
Rendlesham Park Surgery
Resin Master Ltd
Roberts Furniture Spray Shop
Screen Excellence Ltd
Sea Kargo Ltd
Skipper Ltd
Spice Outside Ltd
St. Felix of Dunwich Church, Rendlesham
Staverton Projects Ltd
Strathspey Management
Suffolk Heritage Joinery Ltd
Suffolk Onion Growers Ltd
Suffolk Shoes
Synergy Audio Warehouse
Tactile Signs Ltd
The Diner At Bentwaters
The Mortgage Surgery
The Suffolk Horse Society
Three Musketeers Ltd
UK Salvage
Unicorn Theatre Ltd
Vernon Crain

Main unit(s) present:

No 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
No 56 Sqn
No 64 Sqn
No 65 Sqn
No 74 Sqn
81st Fighter Bomber Wing
81st Fighter Interceptor Group
81st Tactical Fighter Wing
No 118 Sqn
No 124 Sqn
No 126 Sqn
No 129 Sqn
No 165 Sqn
No 226 OCU
No 234 Sqn
No 245 Sqn
527th Aggressor Sqn
No 1002 Servicing Wing
No 1010 Servicing Wing
No 1013 Servicing Wing
No 2707 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 2791 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 2839 Sqn RAF Regiment
Station Flight, Bentwaters
Towed Target Flight, Bentwaters

A hangar at Bentwaters, 15 September 2006.

One of the entrances to Bentwaters, 1 September 2007.

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The north side of the airfield including a T2 hangar, control tower, fire station and loop hardstandings. 23 August 2008. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com