A few steps from the north side of the control tower.

A black marble plaque mounted on the center wall of the free-standing brick structure. The plaque is inscribed in English text with various squadron insignias and the RAF Seething plan with the 8^th Air Force insignia in the middle. The plaque features the different units, companies, and detachments who served at the airfield from 1943 to 1945.

Seething airfield was built in 1942−43 by John Laing & Son Ltd., to the standard Class A requirement for heavy bombers, the airfield had a main runway 6,000 ft. long aligned SW-NE and two secondary runways of 4,200 ft in length. The encircling perimeter track was three miles long. To meet United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) requirements, there were fifty-one hardstands both of the loop and frying-pan type and two T-2 hangars, placed one on each side of the airfield, that on the south being adjacent to the technical site. The camp was of temporary buildings and the sites dispersed in farmlands to the south of the airfield.

The airfield was assigned USAAF designation Station 146. Its ID Code was "SE".

The airfield was opened on 1 December 1943 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy). The 448th arrived from Sioux City AAF Iowa and was assigned to the 20th Combat Bombardment Wing. The group tail code was a "Circle-I". Its operational squadrons were:

• 712th Bombardment Squadron (CT)
• 713th Bombardment Squadron (IG)
• 714th Bombardment Squadron (EI)
• 715th Bombardment Squadron (IO)

The 448th flew Consolidated B-24 Liberators as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign. The group flew its last combat mission on 25 April, attacking a marshalling yard at Salzburg. It returned to Sioux Falls AAF South Dakota the US in July 1945.

After the war, the airfield was used by Royal Air Force units. The airfield was closed in 1945. With the end of military control, most of the airfield was reverted to farming. The eastern section, including part of the main runway and a section of perimeter track, is now Seething Airfield which is home to the Waveney Flying Group. They have built three hangars and a clubroom and the airfield is active most days of the week.

To the south of the airfield, on some of the former dispersed barrack and communal sites, several of the old living quarters and associated buildings are still in existence. Some of these buildings are in a reasonable condition, although they are derelict and overgrown. The former control tower has been renovated and has become a memorial museum to the 448th B.G.

Source of information: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, https://en.wikipedia.org

Source of image: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, https://www.mighty8thmemorials.uk

STATION 146 SEETHING AIRFIELD

448TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP H

1943 - 1945