RAF Bomber Command Use
In early October, Short Stirlings of the RAF's No. 295 Squadron took up residence with most of its operations consisting of supply drops to Norwegian resistance forces and similar activities over the Netherlands and Denmark. On 24 March 1945, the unit took part in Operation Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine.
Early in April another Stirling squadron arrived. No. 570, which joined No. 295 in night operations in support of resistance forces in occupied countries. Both squadrons were disbanded at Rivenhall in January 1946 whereupon the station was held on a care and maintenance basis.
Rivenhall continued to be one of the busiest airfields in the UK until January 1946 when its squadrons moved to RAF Shepherds Grove, situated 12 miles northeast of Bury St. Edmunds.
After its usefulness as a flying airfield ended, Rivenhall was used to house Polish servicemen released from PoW camps who did not want to return to their homeland.
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