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Lavenham

Major
Also known as: Alpheton (unofficial local name) / Cockfield (unofficial local name) / RAF Lavenham / USAAF Station 137
County: Suffolk
Current Status: Aviation / Farmland (main position) / Industry
Date: April 1944 - October 1948; subsequent minor use to present
Current Use: Disused
Used By: Civil (minor use) / USAAF (main user)
Landing Surface Types: Paved
Aircraft Roles: Bomber (main role) / General aviation (minor use)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Alpheton Parish Council
  • Cockfield Parish Council
  • Friends of Lavenham Airfield (FOLA)
  • Lavenham Library
  • Lavenham Parish Council
  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Lavenham
  • Shimpling Parish Council
  • The Swan at Lavenham

The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):

  • Alpheton Village Website
  • Cockfield, Suffolk
  • Welcome to Lavenham

Main unit(s) present:

  • 487th BG
  • 836th BS
  • 837th BS
  • 838th BS
  • 839th BS
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Part of the perimeter track at Lavenham, 20 March 2011.

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Part of the perimeter track at Lavenham, 20 March 2011.

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Remains of a runway at Lavenham, 25 September 2011.

An Avro Lancaster at Lavenham, February 1970. Courtesy of Rob Leigh

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