Lakenheath
Major
Decoy
| Also known as: | Lakenheath Aerodrome / RAF Lakenheath / RAF Station, Lakenheath |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened June 1941; (decoy) 13 March 1940 (earliest known date) - closed by 5 February 1942 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / USAF |
| Decoy Type(s): | KQ |
| Decoy Number(s): | 29(a) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Brandon Town Council
- Breckland Pines Golf Course
- Eriswell Parish Council
- Lakenheath Library
- Lakenheath Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 3 LFS
- No 13 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
- No 20 OTU
- 48th FW
- 48th Operations Group
- No 149 Con Flight
- No 149 Sqn
- No 199 Sqn
- No 2712 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4207 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- No 4260 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- No 4305 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Bomber Command Signals School
- Station Flight, Lakenheath
Convair B-36 Peacemakers visit Lakenheath in 1951. Courtesy of Bomberguy
More footage of Convair B-36 Peacemakers visiting Lakenheath in 1951. Courtesy of British Pathé
The B-36s return to the US, 1951. Courtesy of British Pathé
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