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Bircham
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2007
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Jan W Faul)
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RAF
Bircham Newton airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
National Construction College
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Tower Type:
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1. Control Top built
above brick door gantry on General Service Shed
2. Office for Duty Pilot, 2072/26 built in 1929 3. Pre War 'Fort' type 1959/34 (brick) built in 1937 |
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Tower:
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1.
Demolished
1937
2. Demolished 1937 3. Boarded up in 2006, current status not known |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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 1916,
opened as Royal Flying Corps fighter training school.
06/18 to 05/19, 166 Sqn formed here with long range bombers to attack
Berlin. Although no operations were flown this was the beginning of RAF
Bomber Command, became a heavy bomber station in 1923.08/36, transferred from Bomber to Coastal Command and rebuilt. 1939 to 45, used for convoy protection, reconnaissance and anti-shipping and U-Boat patrols. 1945 to 48, Air Beam Training Flight and Transport Conversion Unit. 1948 to 12/62, transferred to Technical Training Command, closed 1965. |
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RAF
Bircham Newton
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2002
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CJ van Daatsellar)
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RAF
Bircham Newton airfield
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Airfield:
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Fighter, Bomber, Coastal
Command and Technical Training
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Opened:
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/1916
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Closed:
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/1965
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ID Code:
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass then 3 steel track
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Hangars:
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1x- Aircraft Repair
Shed and 3x - double bay General Service Sheds (all demolished in 1937),
2x - Belfast, 3x - C Type, 3x - Bellman, 10x - Blister
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County:
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Norfolk
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Location:
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8 miles W of Fakenham
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OS Ref:
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TF785345
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs copyright
© as stated
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RAF
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2006
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Ian Woodward)
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RAF
Bircham Newton airfield
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RAF Bircham Newton airfield +control tower: www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2003 - Bircham Newton -
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