LAKENHEATH

County

Pundit Code

Suffolk

LK

General Information

Facilities

Opened

June 1941

Runways

3 Concrete

Closed

Currently in use by Royal Air Force

Hangers

2 – Type T2, 1 – Type B1

Elevation

50

feet

Contractor

Various

Squadrons and Units

Sqn/Unit

Group

From

To

Aircraft

10 OTU

6, 91 GP

24/11/41

12/01/42

Wellington I

149 Sqn

3 GP

06/04/42

15/05/44

Stirling I, III

199 Sqn

3 GP

21/06/43

01/05/43

Wellington III, X, Stirling III

Points of Interest

Opened as satellite to Mildenhall June 1941

Became No. 31 Base substation December 1942

Closed for rebuilding to Very Heavy Bomber (VHB) Station Standard May 1944

F/Sgt. R.H. Middleton, 149 Sqn, awarded posthumous VC, Turin 28/29 June 1942

Station Memorial

Unknown