NEWMARKET

County

Pundit Code

Suffolk

NM

General Information

Facilities

Opened

1939

Runways

3 Grass

Closed

May 1945

Hangers

3 – Type B1, 3 – Type T2,

3 – Blister

Elevation

96

feet

Contractor

Various

Squadrons and Units

Sqn/Unit

Group

From

To

Aircraft

99 Sqn

3 GP

01/09/39

08/03/41

Wellington I

7 Sqn

3 GP

16/03/41

27/04/41

Stirling I

138 Sqn

3 GP

25/08/41

16/12/41

Lysander, Whitley V, Halifax II

215 Sqn

3 GP

09/12/41

05/01/42

Wellington I

161 Sqn

3 GP

14/02/42

01/03/42

Lysander IIa, Hudson I, Whitley V

75 Sqn

3 GP

01/11/42

29/06/43

Wellington III, Stirling I, III

Bombing Development Unit (BDU)

?

11/09/43

25/02/45

Lancaster, Halifax, Stirling, Wellington, Spitfire, Mosquito, Beaufighter, Anson, Proctor

Points of Interest

Opened as satellite to Mildenhall September 1939

Became No. 31 Base headquarters December 1942

Station Memorial

Unknown