RAF Bentwaters

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CoordinatesN520738 E0012607 (WGS84) Google Maps
RegionSuffolk, East Anglia
Location indicatorMAYJ, EGVJ
OperatorUS Air Force (USAF)
Map with location of RAF Bentwaters airfield, United Kingdom

In the 1950s

NDB approach chart runway 26 RAF Bentwaters, 1954
NDB approach runway 26 (March 1954) - Airfields in the vicinity: Debach, Felixstowe Seaplane Base, Framlingham, Ipswich, Leiston, Martlesham Heath, Mendlesham, Woodbridge (Source: US DoD)
Airfield map RAF Bentwaters, 1954
Airfield map (March 1954) (Source: US DoD)

In the 1960s

NDB approach chart runway 26 RAF Bentwaters airfield, UK 1960
NDB approach runway 26 (October 1960) (Source: US DoD)
TACAN approach map runway 26 RAF Bentwaters Air Base, United Kingdom 1960
TACAN approach map runway 26 (October 1960) - Apparently the TACAN has been positioned to be used simultaneously for RAF Woodbridge in the southwest. (Source: US DoD)

In the 1990s

RAF Bentwaters on a map 1993
RAF Bentwaters on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1993 - The field is shown as closed. (Source: ONC E-2 (1993), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin)

Source for all maps, if not marked otherwise: US Department of Defense (US DoD)


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