Shepherd's Grove (Hepworth)
Major
| Also known as: | RAF Shepherd's Grove / RAF Station, Shepherd's Grove / Shepherd's Grove Industrial Estate / Upthorpe / USAAF Station 135 / USAAF Station 555 |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Housing / Industry |
| Date: | April 1944 - July 1963 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / USAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- A1 Parrot Rescue
- Aaron Windows Ltd
- Air Power East Ltd
- Alan Ruddock Engineering
- Alchemy One
- Anglia Stainless Ltd
- Animax Ltd
- Barry J Dorling Transport Ltd
- Big Shed Self Storage (Stanton)
- BMB Electronics UK Ltd
- BTU Ltd
- CBC Services
- Cheerstate Ltd
- Classic Hire Ltd
- Clinimax Ltd
- Driver Transport Training
- F L P Motors
- Hepworth Parish Council
- Hydraulic Repair Services Ltd
- Industrial Products & Services Ltd
- Industriel Techniques Ltd
- JLF Designs
- Kromex Ink Ltd
- L Cole
- Lotusease Ltd
- M A Jennings
- Machine Shop Ltd
- Machinery Maintenance Ltd
- Manor House Home Fragrance Ltd
- Michael Belcher Ltd
- Microcide Ltd
- Mid Anglia Crane Hire Ltd
- Mike Ayres Design
- OK International (Europe) Ltd
- P & G Engineering
- P & S Hall Ltd
- Proline Engineering E.A. Ltd
- R Perry & Sons Ltd
- Riviere Publishing
- S Matthews
- Shelbourne Reynolds Engineering Ltd
- Shepherd's Grove USAF Grovers
- Stanton Local History Society
- Stanton Parish Council
- T R & D J Jackson
- The October Group Ltd
- Uniseed Engineering Ltd
- Wernick Hire Ltd
- Willis
- Woodrow Engineering
Main unit(s) present:
- No 30 GS
- 81st Fighter Interception Wing
- No 82 Sqn
- No 196 Sqn
- No 299 Sqn
- No 1657 HCU
- No 1677 (TT) Flight
- Air Despatch Letter Service Sqn
- Central Signals Establishment
- Radio Warfare Establishment
Buildings at Shepherd's Grove, 9 August 2006.
A runway at Shepherd's Grove, 17 September 2008.
A walk around Shepherd's Grove, August 2009. Courtesy of timbo1968x
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