I can’t find any information about Shudy Camps, or RAF Shudy (?) It might possibly have just been
accommodation for nearby Castle Camps ?
My late mother who was at nearby Castle Camps as a WAAF , used to talk about it. So if anyone has
any information, it would be gratefully received. The WAAFs at Castle Camps were billeted in
Saffron Walden
By: AlanR - 12th January 2015 at 22:24
Thanks both. I’ll see if I can get any more info.
By: spark plug - 12th January 2015 at 19:26
Shudy camps is not far from me and I used to work there, There were military huts there at the top of the village (now woodland) They were as far as I know used by a black American unit of engineers or pioneers in the build up to D day it is a fair distance from the old Castle camps airfield . I don’t know if the site was originaly billets for airmen, Kev
By: pimpernel - 12th January 2015 at 19:16
Alan, ask the members on the AIX forum? There is not much info at the moment but these guys should be able to help with your quest. Link.
By: AlanR - 12th January 2015 at 17:54
Thanks Adrian. I found it on the map, and it does show one big house at the end of a drive.
Of course that may have no connection, as I don’t know it’s age.
I just wondered if there were aircraft at Shudy or not, or if such a place as RAF Shudy existed.
If not, I was wondering about accommodation, or if there was an officers mess there ?
By: adrian_gray - 12th January 2015 at 16:51
I’ll see if I can find my map of Castle Camps, and see whether there was any accommodation in Shudy Camps – it’s the name of the next village.
Adrian
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