RAF Beccles Airfield

1982 (© Ian Woodward)

Beccles airfield

Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41, with medium front windows to 343/43

Other Buildings:

Airfield originally built for the USAAF, transferred to Bomber Command summer 1944, then to Coastal Command 8/44.
9/44 to 10/44, 618 Sqn training with Mosquitoes, dropping 'Highball' bouncing bombs along the main runway.
9/44, 819 Sqn with Swordfishe torpedo bombers.
10/44, 827 Sqn with Barracudas from Crail, moved to Langham.
9/44, 119 Sqn with Albacores.
10/44 to 10/45, 280 Sqn with Warwicks on Air-Sea Rescue duties.
3/45 to 10/45, 278 Sqn with Walrus floatplanes.
9/45 to 10/45, 279 Sqn with Warwicks.

1982 (© Ian Woodward)

RAF Coastal Command Station

5 miles SW of Lowestoft

Beccles airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture
Tower Type:	Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41, with medium front windows to 343/43
Tower:	Derelict
Other Buildings:	Not known
History:	Airfield originally built for the USAAF, transferred to Bomber Command summer 1944, then to Coastal Command 8/44. 9/44 to 10/44, 618 Sqn training with Mosquitoes, dropping 'Highball' bouncing bombs along the main runway. 9/44, 819 Sqn with Swordfishe torpedo bombers. 10/44, 827 Sqn with Barracudas from Crail, moved to Langham. 9/44, 119 Sqn with Albacores. 10/44 to 10/45, 280 Sqn with Warwicks on Air-Sea Rescue duties. 3/45 to 10/45, 278 Sqn with Walrus floatplanes. 9/45 to 10/45, 279 Sqn with Warwicks.

RAF Coastal Command Station
Airfield:	Operational
Opened:	/1943
Closed:	12/1945
ID Code:	BE
USAAF Station:	132
Runways:	3, concrete
Hangars:	2x - T2
County:	Suffolk
Location:	5 miles SW of Lowestoft
OS Ref:	TM453882
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©:	Photographs © as stated


2000 (© Simon Dunham)