Monument record RAY 025 - RAF Raydon: Notley Industrial Park
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 0610 3944 (2137m by 2165m) |
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Map sheet | TM03NE |
Civil Parish | RAYDON, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (8)
- AIRFIELD (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- AIRCRAFT HANGAR (TYPE T2) (Second World War - 1943 AD to 1945 AD)
- AMMUNITION DUMP (Second World War - 1943 AD to 1945 AD)
- BARRACKS (Second World War - 1943 AD to 1945 AD)
- BOMB STORE (Second World War - 1943 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY AIRFIELD (Second World War - 1943 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY AIRFIELD (Mid 20th century - 1954 AD to 1958 AD)
- MOTOR TRANSPORT PARK (Late 20th century - 1970 AD to 1979 AD)
Full Description
Second World War airfield, built 1942-3. One of the more complete 2nd WW USAAF bases in East Anglia that was not used during the Cold War. The buildings that remain are largely unaltered in appearance.
Details in Wikipedia under RAF Raydon (copy in parish file).
A World War Two military airfield, opened in 1943 and closed in 1958. The airfield was equipped with three concrete runways and two aircraft hangars (Type T2), one on each of the east and and west sides. There were bomb stores and an ammunition dump on the north side of the airfield, the technical site was on the east side. Barracks sites were dispersed in fields further to the east. During World War Two, although constructed as a bomber airfield, the airfield was used by 357th and 358th Fighter Groups of the United States Army Air Force as Station 157. After the war flying ceased, part of the airfield was sold in 1954 and the rest of the airfield followed in 1958. The runways were mostly broken up in the 1960s. Thereafter most of the site has been used for agriculture though the technical site area was a Home Office motor transport park for emergencey vehicles in the 1970s (S1).
Site of the Seocnd World War Raydon Airfield. This site was surveyed as part of The Eighth in the East project (S2).
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SSF62404 Cartographic materials: Air Ministry. 1944. Air Ministry works directory plan Raydon.
- <S1> SSF53735 Index: English Heritage. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1408576.
- <S2> SSF62401 Unpublished document: Cuthbert, M.. 2016. Eighth in the East Site Recording Forms - Raydon airfield.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (4)
- Parent of: OUTLINE RECORD - Technical Site of Raydon Airfield (8th in the East) HBR (Allocated Number) (RAY 031)
- Parent of: Site of Second World War RAF Raydon Dispersed Site No.1 (Monument) (WMM 027)
- Parent of: Site of Second World War RAF Raydon Dispersed Site No.2 (Monument) (WMM 028)
- Parent of: Site of Second World War RAF Raydon Dispersed Site No.3 (Monument) (WMM 029)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Sep 11 2025 2:30PM