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: “base aérienne militaire du Royaume-Uni”, “KN”, and “Knettishall Airstrip”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Knettishall Heath and Church of St Peter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barningham and Hopton.
Hopton
Village
Coney Weston
Hamlet
RAF Knettishall
- Categories: airbase, Royal Air Force station, and transport
- 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″ north
Longitude
0.8831° or 0° 52′ 59″ east
Open location code
9F429VGM+77
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Uzbek—“RAF Knettishall” goes by many names.
- French: “RAF Knettishall”
- Uzbek: “RAF Knettishall”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Knettishall and Gasthorpe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Long Plantation and Sapiston Covert.
Suffolk: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds.
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