Airfield Timeline
Below is a simple timeline of the active units stationed at Halesworth.
The airfield closed for flying in February 1946.
56th Fighter Group US 8th Army Air Force
8th July 1943 - 18tb April 1944
489th Bomb Group (H) US 8th Army Air Force
1st May 1944 - 29th November 1944
5th Emergency Rescue Squadron US 8th Army Air Force
16th January 1945 - Unknown
496th Fighter Training Group US 8th Army Air Force
15th February 1945 - June 1945
HMS Sparrow Hawk
5th August 1945 - February 1946