Boxted
| Location: | Sited close to Langham |
| Date opened: | Base was allocated to the Eighth Airforce in August 1942 |
| Operational Status: | initially a medium bomber airfield then it became a fighter airfield for P51 Mustangs |
| Airfield Closed: | August 1947 |
| Current Status: | Now nearly all returned to agriculture |
| Relevant Squadrons |
United States Airforce Squadrons Eighth Airforce http://my.execpc.com/~brouchou/ http://www.ourgeorgiahistory.com/chronpop/1000012# 386th Bomb group Ninth Airforce http://www.ninthairforceassoc.org/ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/9af.htm http://www.ninth-airforce.co.uk/9thindex.htm http://www.levelbest.com/design/sites/ninthairforce/ 354th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group |
| Relevant Aircraft |
Boeing B26s North American P-51 Mustangs Republic P47D/Ms |
| Future Action: | visit the area and photograph what is left |
