RAF Tuddenham
Tuddenham, Suffolk in England
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Coordinates	52°18′43″N 000°34′30″E / 52.31194°N 0.57500°E / 52.31194; 0.57500
Type	Royal Air Force Sub station
Code	TD
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
Built by	M.J. Gleeson Ltd
In use	October 1943–1947 1959–July 1963 (1963)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	22 metres (72 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 06/24 1,230 metres (4,035 ft) Asphalt 12/30 1,755 metres (5,758 ft) Asphalt 18/36 1,180 metres (3,871 ft) Asphalt

Royal Air Force Tuddenham or RAF Tuddenham is a former Royal Air Force Sub station located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south east of Mildenhall, Suffolk, England and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) north west of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

• No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF.^[2]
• No. 90 Squadron RAF starting on 13 October 1943 with the Short Stirling III before changing to the Avro Lancaster I and III in May 1944 and leaving on 11 November 1946 to RAF Wyton.^[3]
• No. 138 Squadron RAF between 9 March 1945 and 12 November 1946 with the Avro Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Wyton.^[4]
• No. 149 Squadron RAF between 29 April 1946 and 4 November 1946 with the Avro Lancaster I and III.^[5]
• No. 186 Squadron RAF reformed at RAF Tuddenham on 1 October 1944 with the Lancaster I and III before moving to RAF Stradishall on 17 December 1945 where the squadron disbanded on 17 July 1945.^[6]
• No. 207 Squadron RAF used the airfield between 29 April 1946 and 8 November 1946 with the Lancaster I and III.^[7]
• No. 281 Maintenance Unit.^[2]

• USAF 3114th Ammo Supply Squadron. Munitions storage and refurbishment. 1955–1959. Reestablished when the 8th Air Force returned to RAF Lakenheath. About 100 USAF airmen in refurbished barracks. A small RAF contingent for munitions disposal. Bombs in runways marked with large X. Small arms stored in hangars.
• No. 107 Squadron RAF – PGM-17 Thor nuclear missiles.^[8]

The site is now used for farming^[2] and Gunman Airsoft.

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

• Falconer, Jonathan (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.