sentences:  The airfield had three intersecting concrete runways, perimeter track and, for USAAF use, hardstands for fifty aircraft and two dispersed, black-painted T-2 hangars.Living and messing sites were on the east side of the field.Situated four miles south of the A14 highway between Stowmarket and Bury St. Edmunds
  
  The airfield was opened in 1942 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force.