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Bentwaters, Suffolk

Opened : November 1944
​Closed : 1 July 1993
USAAF Sta No : 151
Current use : Industrial Park / Limited Aviation / Filming / Museum
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Facebook - RAF Bentwaters/RAF Woodbridge
Bentwaters Cold War Museum
​Bentwaters Parks
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This page last updated on : 30 May 2017

ADMINISTRATION SITE (WW2) : Crew Briefing Room


ADMINISTRATION SITE (WW2) : Norden Bomb Site Store


ADMINISTRATION SITE (WW2) : Operations Block


AIRFIELD SITE : 81st Component Repair Squadron Test Cell​


AIRFIELD SITE : 81st Tactical Fighter Wing Mission Support Building


AIRFIELD SITE : 527th Aggressor Squadron Operations Building


AIRFIELD SITE : A-10 Aircraft Simulator Facility


AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Bentwaters


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersals


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Readiness Platform


AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Boundary Markers


AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Views


AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Warning Signs


AIRFIELD SITE : Archery Range


AIRFIELD SITE : Base Chapel & Memorial Gardens


AIRFIELD SITE : Base Community Centre


AIRFIELD SITE : Base Shops


AIRFIELD SITE : Baseball Pitch


AIRFIELD SITE : Bird Control Hut


AIRFIELD SITE : Bus Shelter


AIRFIELD SITE : Floodlight Tractor & Trailer Shed (WW2)


AIRFIELD SITE : Gate Guard


AIRFIELD SITE : Hush House Facility​


AIRFIELD SITE : Ivy Lodge Gate Entrance


AIRFIELD SITE : Latrine Block


AIRFIELD SITE : Main Entrance


AIRFIELD SITE : Night Flying Equipment Store (WW2)


AIRFIELD SITE : RAF Bentwaters Sign


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway Arrestor Barrier Installations


AIRFIELD SITE : Runways


AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways


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AIRFIELD SITE : Victor Alert Area Entry Control Point


AIRFIELD SITE : Water Tower


BUILDING 8 : Unknown


BUILDING 40 : Unknown

Built in 1943/44 this building was originally the Gas Clothing & Respirator Store. It has had various uses over the years but it is not known what its main use was for. 

BUILDING 43 : Wash Rack


BUILDING 45 : 81st Transportation Commander, First Sgt Orderly Room & Surface Freight

Originally built in around 1943 this is a wartime T2 Aircraft Shed (Hangar). The annexes are post war additions.

BUILDING 53 : Consolidated Base Personnel Office


BUILDING 59 : Postal Service Center


BUILDING 61 : Control Tower


BUILDING 89 : Unknown


BUILDING 131 : Fuel Control Centre & Drivers Lounge


BUILDING 134 : Hardened Command Post


BUILDING 136 : Supply Squadron


BUILDING 174 : Unknown


BUILDING 398 : Fissile Pit Storage Igloo


BUILDING 399 : Weapons Storage Area Maintenance & Inspection Building


BUILDING 400 : Unknown


BUILDING 510 : Unknown


BUILDING 522 : Hardened POL Vehicle Shelter


BUILDING 524 : Garages


BUILDING 551 : Weapons Storage Area Guard Tower


BUILDING 552 : Bomb Storage Igloo


BUILDING 553 : Bomb Storage Igloo


BUILDING 557 : Fire Department Building & Emergency Vehicles Garage


BUILDING 560 : Weapons Storage Area Alert Fire Team Facility

This building was used in the 1970's and 1980's as the ​Weapons Storage Area Alert Fire Team Facility. It may well of had other uses but I am not sure what these were.

BUILDING 564 : Deputy Commander Operations & Wing Intelligence


BUILDING 567 : Deputy Commander Maintenance


BUILDING 589 : 81st Component Repair Squadron​ Jet Propulsion Shop


BUILDING 640 : Weapons Storage Igloo Type C


BUILDING 643 : Weapons Storage Igloo Type C


BUILDING 644 : Weapons Storage Igloo Type C


BUILDING 649 : Weapons Storage Area Guard Post & Security Gate


BUILDING 656 : Emergency Water Supply


BUILDING 661 : 81st Security Police Squadron K9 Dog Section


BUILDING 662 : Unknown


BUILDING 667 : Victor Alert Shed


BUILDING 669 : Victor Alert Shed


BUILDING 672 : Victor Alert Shed


BUILDING 673 : Victor Alert Shed


BUILDING 676 : Unknown


BUILDING 679 : 81st Security Police Wing Security Control


BUILDING 682 : Unknown


BUILDING 689 : Unknown


BUILDING 693 : Unknown


BUILDING 700 : Unknown


BUILDING 766 : Health & Fitness Center


BUILDING 705 : Missile Maintenance Office


BUILDING 715 : Passenger Terminal and HM Customs & Excise


BUILDING 845 : Unknown


BUILDING 1547 : Petroleum, Oils And Lubricants 'Site B' ​and B System Filter Pad


BUILDING 1602 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1604 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1605 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1607 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1608 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1609 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


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BUILDING 1616 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1617 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1618 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1619 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1622 : Hardened Aircraft Shelter


BUILDING 1679 : Unknown


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MEMORIAL SITE : 81st Fighter Wing Memorial Bench


MEMORIAL SITE : BCWM Memorial Plaque


MEMORIAL SITE : Boughton, Downey & Eckes Memorial Bench


MEMORIAL SITE : Colonel George S Dorman Memorial Stadium Sign


MEMORIAL SITE : Linn Barringer Memorial Bench


MEMORIAL SITE : RAF Bentwaters Memorial


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (BAC)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Berkut)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Best Off)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Boeing)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (British Aerospace)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Cassutt)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Cessna)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Commonwealth)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (CZAW)



MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (English Electric)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Fairchild)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Fairchild-Republic)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (General Dynamics)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Gloster)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Hawker)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Hawker Siddeley)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Jabiru)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Jodel)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Kaman)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Luscombe)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Mainair)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Maule)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (McDonnell Douglas)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (North American)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Piper)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Pitts)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Reims)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Republic)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Robin)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Rockwell)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Rollason)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Ryan)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Sepecat)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Slingsby)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Socata)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Solar Wings)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Stinson)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Supermarine)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Taylorcraft)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Ultravia)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Vans)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Westland)


MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Bentwaters (Yakovlev)

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