United States Army Air Forces
8th Air Force
BXBoxted Airfield
(Langham)
Station 150
Essex, UK
Radio Call Sign: Goodhall/Dogday
Units Assigned to Boxted
UnitDates OccupiedAircraft
386th Bombardment Group (Medium)June 1943B-26
354th Fighter GroupJuly 1943-April 1944P-51
56th Fighter GroupApril 1944-September 1945P-47
5th Emergency Rescue SquadronMay 1944-January 1945P-47
Map location of the Boxted Airfield area
Boxted Airfield Related Photos
Visit The Photo Gallery

Memorial to the 56th Fighter Group and others on Boxted Airfield Site

Overview
Tree line in background indicates course of main runway.
Note the runway marker lights incorporated into base of rhe memorial.

The Crown Inn


A local pub visited by servicemen during the war..
Boxted Airfield Visitor Information
Boxted Airfield Related Websites
Surviving Boxted Airfield Area Wartime PubsCrown Inn - (map)
Old Ipswich Road
Ardleigh, Colchester Essex
CO7 7QR
Telephone: 01206 233021
The Marlborough Head
Mill Lane
Dedham, Colchester, Essex
CO7 6DH
Telephone: +44 (0)1206 323124
Boxted Area Contacts Robert Trimnell - Boxted Airfield Historical Group
45 Smythies Avenue
Colchester
Essex
C01 2US

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