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Settlement in Suffolk, England. Half way between Woodbridge? and Ipswich?.

First called Gressgrava and noted in the [Domesday Book]?, changed it's name to Kesgrave in the late 15th C. A very small settlement until the 20th C. Declared a town in January 2000.

Martlesham Aerodrome, a mile from Kesgrave was an significant RAF base during WW II. It closed in 1979. In December 1959 a F-100 SuperSabre flying from the base crashed onto the village.


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