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For the post Second World War use of this facility see RAE BedfordRoyal Air Force Station Thurleigh or more simply RAF Thurleigh is former Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bedford Bedfordshire England. Thurleigh was transferred to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force on 9 December 1942 and designated Station 111 and used for heavy bomber operations against Nazi Germany.