Bury St Edmunds II (Rougham)
Major
| Also known as: | RAF Bury St Edmunds / RAF Rougham / RAF Station, Bury St Edmunds / Rougham Airfield Sunday Market / Rougham Industrial Estate / USAAF Station 468 |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Housing / Industry / Museum |
| Date: | 18 June 1920 - 1948 (derequisitioned); subsequent limited flying to present |
| Current Use: | Limited flying |
| Used By: | Civil / USAAF (main user) |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Bomber (main role) / General aviation |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- 94th Bomb Group Memorial Association
- Abbey Blinds Ltd
- Access Hire & Hydraulics Ltd
- Accord Tea Services Ltd
- Allan Prigg Ltd
- Anglia Yacht Brokerage
- Automatic Refreshments Ltd
- Autotec
- Avelair Limited
- Bartrams Brewery
- Basic Ingredients
- Biffa Waste Services Ltd
- Body Plastics
- Bury Model Flying Club
- Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society
- Bury St Edmunds Town Council
- Cornell Interiors Limited
- Cromadex
- DappR Aviation Ltd
- Data Specialities Europe Ltd
- David Manning
- ForFarmers
- Fornham Hall Furniture
- Foxy Cars
- Fyffes Group Ltd
- Geothermal Supplies Ltd
- Graham Loader Removals
- Green Leaf Marketing Ltd
- HRP Limited - Bury St Edmunds
- Infusions Ltd
- Interlink Express Parcels Ltd
- Marton Geotechnical Services Ltd
- Oakleigh Fairs
- Peter King Electrical
- Precon Products Ltd
- Rougham Motor Co
- Rougham Tower Association
- Rushbrooke with Rougham Parish Council
- Saracen Spray Tech
- Suffolk Highways Contracting
- Suffolk Kite Flyers Club
- Swaingrove Ltd
- Sybil Andrews Academy
- The Air Conditioning Warehouse Ltd
- The Flying Fortress
- Thomas Ridley Foodservice
- Wayne Green Body Repairs
Main unit(s) present:
- Bury St Edmunds II
- 4th Combat BW (Heavy)
- 4th Combat BW, Heavy
- 14th BW, Heavy
- 14th Combat BW, Heavy
- 94th BG
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322nd BG
- 331st BS
- 332nd BS
- 333rd BS
- 410th BS
-
Central Aircraft Company
- Skyward Flight Training
Remains of a runway at Bury St Edmunds II, 8 October 2008.
Three Nissen huts at Bury St Edmunds II, part of Rougham Control Tower Museum, 9 August 2015.
General Arnold visiting Bury St Edmunds during the Second World War. Courtesy of footagefarm
Aerial footage of Bury St Edmunds II, c. June 2016. Courtesy of Rich Derby
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