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RAF Horham is a World War II era airfield in England. The field is located next to the village of Horham, England, and 4 miles SE of Eye in Suffolk. The large site straddled the parishes of Denham, Horham, Redlingfield and Hoxne. ==United States Army Air Forces use== Planned originally for RAF use, Horham airfield was provided to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force in 1942. Two T-2 hangars were erected on the south side of the airfield and painted in black and dark earth shadow shading camouflage in contrast to later airfields where the hangars were finished in tar varnish. The technical site was adjacent to the two hangars beside the B1117 road to Eye. Station headquarters, administrative buildings and dispersed living sites were temporary constructions chiefly of to the west of the airfield in the parish of Denham. Horham was given USAAF designation Station 119 (JH). USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Horham were:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Horham )〕 * 457th Sub-Depot * 18th Weather Squadron * 8th Station Complement Squadron * Headquarters (13th Combat Bomb Wing) Regular Army Station Units included: * 1210th Quartermaster Company * 1285th Military Police Company * 1676th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company * 879th Chemical Company * 2022nd Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon From 13 September 1943 through 6 August 1945, Horham served as headquarters for the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing of the 3d Bomb Division. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RAF Horham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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