World War 1
Name |
Also Known As |
Used By |
Dates |
Current Use |
Notes |
RAF Bacton |
RNAS Bacton |
RNAS, RAF |
1915 - 1919 |
Farmland |
First World War Landing Ground |
RAF Burgh Castle |
RNAS Burgh Castle |
RNAS, RAF |
1915 - 1919 |
Open land |
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RAF Freethorpe |
RFC Freethorpe |
RAF, RFC |
1915 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Frettenham |
RFC Frettenham |
RAF, RFC |
1916 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Gooderstone Warren |
RFC Gooderstone Warren |
RAF, RFC |
1916 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Great Yarmouth |
RNAS Great Yarmouth |
RNAS, RAF |
1913 - 1920 |
Camp site |
Land and seaplane |
RAF Harling Road |
RFC Harling Road |
RFC, RAF |
1916 - 1920 |
Industry |
Used by Army for storage in WW2 |
RNAS Hickling Broad |
RAF |
1918 - 1919 |
Moorings |
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RAF Hingham |
RFC Hingham |
RFC, RAF |
1916 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Holt |
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RAF Marham |
RFC Marham |
RFC, RAF |
1916 - 1919 |
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RFC Marsham |
RFC |
1915 - 1918 |
Unknown (exact location not known) |
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RAF Mattishall |
RFC Mattishall |
RFC, RAF |
1915 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Mousehold Heath |
RFC Mouthhold Heath / Norwich Municipal Airport |
RFC, RAF, Civil |
1914 - 1933 |
Housing estate and light industry |
Near Boulton and Paul Aircraft works |
RAF Narborough |
RNAS Narborough / RFC Narborough |
RAF, RNAS, RFC |
1915 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Pulham |
RNAS Pulham |
RNAS, RAF |
1915 - 1948 |
Farmland |
Used for the development of British airships between the wars During WW2 used as dump for crashed aircraft |
RAF Saxthorpe |
RFC Saxthorpe / Aylsham |
RAF, RFC |
1916 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Sedgeford |
RNAS Sedgeford / RFC Sedgeford |
RNAS, RAF, RFC |
1915 - 1919 |
Farmland |
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RAF Sporle |
RFC Sporle |
RAF, RFC |
1916 - 1919 |
Unknown (exact location not known) |
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RAF Thetford |
RFC Thetford / Snarehill |
RFC, RAF |
1915 - 1920 |
Farmland / Open land |
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RAF Tibenham |
RFC Tibenham / USAAF Station 124 |
RFC, RAF, USAAF |
1916 - 1920 |
Airfield / Gliding club |
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RAF Tottenhill |
RFC Tottenhill |
RFC, RAF |
1918 - 1919 |
Unknown (exact location not known) |
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RAF West Rudham |
RFC West Rudham / Fakenham |
RFC, RAF |
1916 - 1919 |
Unknown |
World War 2
Name |
Also Known As |
Used By |
Dates |
Current Use |
Notes |
RAF Attlebridge |
USAAF Station 120 / Weston Longville |
RAF, USAAF |
1941 - 1956 |
Turkey huts and Agriculture |
Maybe wind turbines in the future |
RAF Barton Bendish |
RAF |
1939 - 1942 |
Farmland |
Satellite to RAF Marham |
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RAF Bircham Newton |
RAF, FAA |
1918 - 1962 |
Construction & Industrial Training Board |
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RAF Bodney |
USAAF Station 141 |
RAF, USAAF |
1940 - 1945 |
Agriculture and Army training ground |
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RAF Bylaugh Hall |
RAF |
1943 - 1945 |
Private ownership |
Headquarters of No. 100 Group RAF |
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RAF Coltishall |
USAAF Station 355 |
RAF, USAAF |
1940 - 2006 |
Prison and Housing |
Possible aircraft recycling plant |
RAF Deopham Green |
USAAF Station 142 |
RAF, USAAF |
1944 - 1948 |
Agriculture and Roads |
Was used for light aircraft but not any more, runways now used as roads |
RAF Docking |
RAF |
1940 - 1946 |
Agriculture |
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RAF Downham Market |
Bexwell |
RAF |
1942 - 1946 |
Agriculture and Industrial estate |
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RAF East Wrentham |
USAAF Station 133 |
RAF, USAAF |
1940 - 1948 |
Agriculture and British Army |
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RAF Feltwell |
RFC, RAF, USAF |
1917 - present |
Housing and education for USAF personnel |
Distribution depot |
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RAF Fersfield |
USAAF Station 140 / RAF Winfarthing |
RAF, USAAF |
1944 - 1946 |
Agriculture |
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RAF Foulsham |
RAF |
1942 - 1962 |
Agriculture, Industrial Estate |
Alleged film studio |
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RAF Fulmodestone |
RAF |
1940 - 1944 |
Farmland |
Used as decoy airfield during WW2 for Foulsham, was bombed several times |
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RAF Great Massingham |
RAF |
1940 - 1950 |
Agriculture and Museum |
Bomber station, used for limited light aircraft flying |
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RAF Hardwick |
USAAF Station 104 |
RAF, USAAF |
1942 - 1946 |
Agriculture and Museum |
Used for limited light aircraft flying |
RAF Hethel |
USAAF Station 114 |
RAF, USAAF |
1942 - 1948 |
Lotus Cars |
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RAF Horsham St Faith |
USAAF Station 123 |
RAF, USAAF |
1940 - 1967 |
Norwich Airport and Museum |
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RAF Knettishall |
USAAF Station 136 |
RAF, USAAF |
1943 - 1957 |
Farmland |
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RAF Langham |
RAF, FAA |
1940 - 1961 |
Turkey farm and Heritage site |
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RAF Little Snoring |
RAF |
1943 - 1958 |
Airfield, Storage and Manufacture |
McAully Flying Group (formerly Fakenham Flying Group) |
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RAF Ludham |
RNAS Ludham / HMS Flycatcher |
RAF, RNAS |
1941 - 1946 |
Agriculture, Housing and Light aircraft |
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RAF Marham |
RFC Marham |
RFC, RAF |
1935 - present |
Current home to the Panavia Tornado GR4 |
One of the oldest RAF bases in Norfolk and Queens airport |
RAF Matlaske |
USAAF Station 178 |
RAF, USAAF |
1940 - 1946 |
Agriculture |
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RAF Methwold |
RAF |
1938 - 1958 |
Agriculture and Storage |
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RAF North Creake |
Egmere / Code Name: WORKER |
RAF |
1943 - 1947 |
Agriculture, Housing, Cattle feed & corn company and Light Industry |
The Control Tower is now a Bed and Breakfast |
RAF North Pickenham |
USAAF Station 143 |
RAF, USAAF |
1944 - 1963 |
Agriculture, Storage & Transport, Light Industry and Wind farm |
Thor IBRM station 1958–1963 |
RAF Old Buckenham |
USAAF Station 144 |
RAF, USAAF |
1943 - 1960 |
Old Buckenham Airfield |
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RAF Oulton |
RAF |
1940 - 1952 |
Agriculture, Turkey and Pig huts |
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RAF Rackheath |
USAAF Station 145 |
RAF, USAAF |
1944 - 1945 |
Agriculture & Industrial Estate |
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RAF Sculthorpe |
RAF, USAAF, USAF |
1943 - 1992 |
Dump for tyres, Industrial estate and New village |
Still used by USAF/MoD for training |
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RAF Sedgeford |
RNAS Sedgeford / RFC Sedgeford |
RNAS, RAF, RFC |
1940 - 1944 |
Farmland |
Used as decoy airfield during WW2 |
RAF Seething |
USAAF Station 146 |
RAF, USAAF |
1943 - 1945 |
Agriculture, Light Aircraft, Aviation workshops, Museum & Astronomical observatory |
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RAF Shipdham |
USAAF Station 115 |
RAF, USAAF |
1942 - 1947 |
Agriculture, Flying club & Industrial estate |
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RAF Snetterton Heath |
USAAF Station 138 |
RAF, USAAF |
1943 - 1952 |
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Sunday market and Distribution centre |
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RAF Swannington |
RAF |
1944 - 1947 |
Agriculture and Chicken huts |
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RAF Swanton Morley |
Robertson Barracks |
RAF, Army |
1940 - present |
Robertson Barracks |
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RAF Thetford |
RFC Thetford / Snarehill |
RFC, RAF |
1940 - 1942 |
Farmland / Open land |
Used as decoy airfield during WW2 |
RAF Thorpe Abbotts |
USAAF Station 139 |
RAF, USAAF |
1943 - 1956 |
Agriculture, Museum and Civil aviation |
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RAF Tibenham |
RFC Tibenham / USAAF Station 124 |
RFC, RAF, USAAF |
1942 - 1959 |
Airfield / Gliding club |
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RAF Watton |
USAAF Station 376 / 505 |
RAF, USAAF |
1939 - 1992 |
Housing, Prison |
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RAF Wendling |
USAAF Station 118 |
RAF, USAAF |
1943 - 1961 |
Agriculture and Industry |
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RAF West Raynham |
RAF, FAA |
1939 - 1994 |
Kart track, Motor cycle training and Housing |
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RAF Weybourne |
Muckleburgh |
RAF |
1939 - 1942 |
Limited flying and Access to Museum |
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Stiffkey |
Holiday camping site |
Was not an airfield as most people would think of an airfield. But to supply the anti- aircraft gun training units with targets. A catapult was used to launch radio controlled pilot-less old Tiger Moths, called Queen Bees into the air. Later in the war the US army built an A2 Rotary launcher which launched (not sure what scale) model planes into the sky to be shot down by the gunners. |
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Original research / notes below by Richard Gray - above contains updated information and improved layout - changed 10/08/18 by Darren Rose
Here’s all Norfolk’s WW2 Airfields. I have missed one as no one’s supposed to know it was used as an airfield, and it is still a grass field.
Attlebridge. USAAF station 120 (Weston Longville.) Turkey huts and agriculture. Maybe wind turbines in the future
Bircham Newton. Construction & Industrial Training Board
Bodney. USAAF station 141 Agriculture and Army training ground.
Coltishall. HMP Prison & housing. Possible Aircraft recycling plant
Deopham Green. USAAF station 142 Agriculture. Was used for light aircraft but not any more, runways are now used as roads
Docking. Agriculture
Downham Market (Bexwell). Agriculture & Industrial Estate.
East Wrentham. . USAAF station 133 Part Agriculture, part Army.
Feltwell. USAF Distribution depot
Fersfield. . USAAF station 140 (Winsfarthing) . Agriculture
Foulsham. Agriculture, Inds Estate, & alleged Film studio
Great Massingham. Agriculture and Museum.
Hardwick. . USAAF station 104 Museum and light aircraft
Hethel. . USAAF station 114 Lotus Cars.
Horsham St Faiths. . USAAF station 123 Norwich Airport & Museum.
Langham. Turkey huts
Little Snoring. Agriculture, Mcaully flying club, storage & plane making.
Ludham (HMS Flycatcher) . Agriculture. Light Aircraft.
Marham. One of the oldest RAF bases in Norfolk. Queens Airport.
Matlaske. . Agriculture.
Methwold. . Agriculture & Storage.
North Creake (Egmere) . Agriculture, Cattle feed & corn company and light industry.
North Pickingham. USAAF station 143. Agriculture, Storage & Tpt , light Industry and wind farm
Old Buckingham. . USAAF station 144. Light airfield.
Oulton. Agriculture, turkey and pig huts.
Rackheath. . USAAF station 145 Agriculture & Industrial Estate.
Sculthorpe. Dump for tyres, Industrial Estate, new village & still used by USAF for training.
Seething. . USAAF station 146. Agriculture & light Aircraft, aviation workshops, museum & Astronomical observatory .
Shipdham. . USAAF station 115. Agriculture, flying club & industrial estate.
Snetterton. . USAAF station 138. Race track, Sunday market and distribution centre
Stiffkey . Holiday camping site.
Swannington. . Agriculture and chicken huts.
Swanton Morley. Army Light Dragoons.
Thorpe Abbotts. . USAAF station 149. Agriculture and museum .
Tibenham (Tivetshall) . USAAF station 124. Gliding club.
Watton. . RAF base then later USAAF station 376. Housing.
Wendling (Beeston) . USAAF station 118. Agriculture and industry.
West Raynham. Kart track, Motor cycle training, housing.
Weybourne. Still used to access Muckleborough Museum.
Stiffkey was not an airfield as most people would think of an airfield. But to supply the anti- aircraft gun training units with targets. A catapult was used to launch radio controlled pilotless old Tiger Moths, called Queen Bees into the air.
Late in the war the US army built an A2 Rotary launcher which launched (not sure what scale) model planes into the sky to be shot down by the gunners.
See this thread.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=52436&highlight=stiffkey&page=2
52 Airfields in Norfolk possible if you include all the decoy sites.
Like this one at Fulmodestone, decoy for foulsham. Was bombed several times.
WW1 Fields in Norfolk 24. Bacton, Burgh Castle, Easham, Freethorpe, Frettenham, Gooderstone, Gt Yarmouth, Harling road (Close to Snetterton used by Army for storage in WW2), Hickling Broad, Hingham, Holt, Kings Lynn, Marsham , Mousehold Heath (nr Boulton and Paul aircraft works), Narborough, North Elmham, Norwich (Cromer Rd Mann Egerton works), Saxthorpe, Sporle, Pulham (Airships), Sedgeford, Thetford (Snarehill )( WW2 Bombing range), Tottenhill and West Rudham.
