USAAF 446 BG Flixton Airfield

Set on a plateau above the Waveney Valley about two miles south of Bungay and just beyond the village of Flixton, is the site of Bungay airfield. Initially allocated to the Eighth Air Force on 4th June 1942 as a bomber base, Bungay was constructed by Kirk & Kirk Ltd, and given the US Station number 125. When finally completed in April 1944, the airfield had three intersecting runways measuring, 05-23 at 6000 feet (main), 10-28 at 4440 feet and 00-18 at 4200. The airfield also comprised two T2 hangars, 50 hard stands, HQ. site, technical site, sick quarters, 4 Defence sites, 8 communal sites and 1 W.A.A.F. site.