| RAF Deenethorpe is situated 9 miles North East of Kettering in Northamptonshire. The base opened in 1943. It was known as USAAF Station: 128 when home to the bombers of 612, 613, 614, 615 Sqns of the 401st Bomb Group who flew 255 combat missions from here losing 95 B-17s between December 1943 and June 1945. For a year from June 1945 the site was used as No. 11 Recruitment Centre by the RAF. It was also used for many years by the Royal Observer Corps.
The airfield closed to military aviation in 1946 and today the site is mainly used for agriculture, although some light civil aviation still takes place. |
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