Spring 1942 - Work on airfield construction under way. Main contractor W & C French Construction of Ipswich.

August 10th 1942 - Boxted first allocated to 8th Air Force.

June 10th 1943 - 386th BG with B-26 Marauders arrive from Snetterton Heath. First CO - Lester Maitland.

August 17th 1943 - Airfield bombed by Luftwaffe. 500lb. Bombs fell on communal site killing two and injuring twenty-nine.

September 25th 1943 - The 386th BG move to new base at Great Dunmow.

November 2nd 1943 - 354th FG Ninth Air Force with P51b Mustangs move into Boxted

November 1943 - Don Blakeslee of 4th FG Arrived to lead 354th on their early missions.

December 1st 1943 - First mission by 354th FG. 24 Mustangs on a 1 hour and 20 minute patrol.

December 16th 1943 - First enemy aircraft destroyed by 354th - Lt. Charles Gumm  gets a Bf-109.

Jan 11th 1944 - Major James Howard’s Medal of Honour winning combat took place.

March 1st 1944 - Lt. Charles Gumm killed after crashing into a field near Nayland.

April 18th 1944 - The 56th FG move into Boxted from Halesworth.

May 7th 1944 - Det. B 65th Fighter Wing (ASR) Formed. CO - Captain Robert Gerhart.

May 8th 1944 - Robert S. Johnson claims 2 and becomes leading American 'Ace'. ASR Squadron becomes operational.

May 10th 1944 - First operational mission by the Air Sea Rescue Squadron.

May 12th 1944 - First 'Zemke Fan'. Robert 'Shorty' Rankin shoots down 5 on one mission.

July 5th 1944 - Francis Gabreski becomes leading 'ace' with 28 victories.

July 20th 1944 - Gabreski lost and taken prisoner after strafing Bassenbeim airfield.    

The airfield was handed back to the Air Ministry and was used by the RAF. In January 1946 Night Fighter Mosquito’s of 25 Squadron arrived, they stayed for a few months while their airfield and runways were undergoing repairs. Various other squadrons came and went during the next few months, until the RAF finally ceased operations in 1947. In the 1950’s the airfield was used by the ATC with gliders and a crop spraying business run by Wing Commander Percy Hatfield.