Honington
| Also known as: | Honington Aerodrome / Honnington (misspelling) / RAF Honington / RAF Station, Honington / Troston / USAAF Station 375 |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | RAF ground duties |
| Date: | May 1937 - March 1994 (closed to flying) |
| Current Use: | Closed to flying |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RAF (Czech) / Civil / FAA / USAAF (main user) |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later metal/unpaved, later paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Aircraft maintenance/repair (main role) / Army aviation / Bomber (main role) / Electronic warfare / Fighter / Fighter-reconnaissance / General aviation / Military development/support / Naval aviation / Reconnaissance / Trainer |
- Bury Model Flying Club
- Fakenham Magna Parish Council
- Honington cum Sapiston Parish Council
- Honington HIVE
- Shipley (Hirst Wood) Church Burial Ground - RAF grave of Sergeant Peter Bilsborough, No 9 Sqn, died in action November 1941; grave tragically destroyed in criminal act June 2019
- Troston Parish Council
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Thetford and Bury St Edmunds Radio Controlled Model Flying Club
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Mechanical Transport Repair Unit
- No 1 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 1 Tactical Police Sqn
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No 1 Transport Aircraft Modification Unit
- 3rd Air Division
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No 3 Gp Practice Flight
- No 3 Tactical Police Sqn RAuxAF
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No 5 BAT Flight
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No 7 Sqn
- VIII Fighter Command
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No 9 Sqn
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No 10 Sqn
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No 12 Sqn
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No 13 BAT Flight
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No 13 Sqn
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No XV Sqn
- No 15 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 20 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 26 Sqn
- No 27 Sqn RAF Regiment
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No 44 Sqn
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No 51 Sqn
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No 55 Sqn
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No 57 Sqn
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No 58 MU
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No 58 Sqn
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No 75 Sqn
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No 77 Sqn
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No 90 Sqn
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No 102 Sqn
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No 103 EGS / E103 EGS
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No 103 GS
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No 103 Sqn
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No 105 Sqn
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No 199 Sqn
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No 204 Sqn
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No 208 Sqn
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No 214 Sqn
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No 215 Sqn
- No 216 Sqn
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No 237 OCU
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No 311 Sqn
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364th FG
- 383rd FS
- 384th FS
- 385th FS
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No 543 Sqn
- No 611 VGS
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No 809 Sqn
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No 1504 BAT Flight
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No 1505 BAT Flight
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No 1513 BAT Flight
- No 2623 Sqn RAuxAF Regiment
- No 2715 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Avionic Development and Servicing Unit (Buccaneer)
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Joint Rapier Training Unit
- RAF Force Protection Centre
- RAF Force Protection Headquarters
- RAF Honington Flying Club
- RAF Honington Voluntary Band
- RAF Regiment Depot
- RAF Regiment Training Wing
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Rapier Training Unit
- Regional Rehabilitation Unit
- Specialist and Security Police Wing
- Station Flight, Honington
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Strike Command Avionics Development and Servicing Unit
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Strike Command Buccaneer Force
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Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit
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Transport Command Major Servicing Unit
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Transport Command Signals Training Unit
A hardened aircraft shelter at Honington, 3 June 2006.
Landing lights at Honington, 21 July 2006.
A hangar at Honington, 21 January 2009.
Model aircraft at Honington with the control tower in the background, 28 February 2009.
Footage of Honington in the early 1990s. Courtesy of Andy Ward
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