RAF Knettishall
Royal Air Force Knettishall or more simply RAF Knettishall is a former Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England. During the Second World War, it was numbered as Station 136 by the United States Army Air Forces while home to the 388th Bombardment Group and its four squadrons consisting of: Part of the Eighth Air Force between 1943 and 1945.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: former airfield
- Also known as: “KN” and “Knettishall Airstrip”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knettishall Heath and Church of St Peter.
Knettishall Heath
Nature reserve
Photo: Ian M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knettishall Heath is a 91.7-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Knettishall in Suffolk, England. A larger area of 176 hectares is the Knettishall Heath Nature Reserve, which is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Church of St Nicholas
Ruins
Photo: Monumentalist239, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Nicholas is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barningham and Hopton.
Barningham
Village
Photo: Adrian S Pye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barningham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about twelve miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name is the homestead of Beorn's people.
Hopton
Village
Hopton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located just south of the Norfolk border on the B1111 road between Stanton and Garboldisham, in 2011 it had a population of 653.
Knettishall
Hamlet
Knettishall is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Located on the south bank of the River Little Ouse, in 2005 it had a population of 40.
RAF Knettishall
- Categories: air base, Royal Air Force station, and transportation
- Location: Coney Weston, St. Edmundsbury District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.3757° or 52° 22′ 33″ northLongitude
0.8831° or 0° 52′ 59″ eastOpen location code
9F429VGM+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 7294273269OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeWikidata ID
Q7275424
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Uzbek—“RAF Knettishall” goes by many names.
- French: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”
- French: “RAF Knettishall”
- Uzbek: “RAF Knettishall”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coney Weston and Gasthorpe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Long Plantation and Sapiston Covert.
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