RAF Bircham Newton airfield

2006 (© Ian Woodward)

RAF Bircham Newton airfield

Agriculture, National Construction College

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

1. Demolished 1937
2. Demolished 1937
3. Boarded up in 2006, current status not known

Other Buildings:

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.

RAF Bircham Newton

2002 (© CJ van Daatsellar)

Fighter, Bomber, Coastal Command and Technical Training

Grass then 3 steel track

1x- Aircraft Repair Shed and 3x - double bay General Service Sheds (all demolished in 1937), 2x - Belfast, 3x - C Type, 3x - Bellman, 10x - Blister

8 miles W of Fakenham

RAF Bircham Newton

RAF Bircham Newton airfield

RAF Station
Airfield:	Fighter, Bomber, Coastal Command and Technical Training
Opened:	/1916
Closed:	/1965
ID Code:	?
USAAF Station:	N/A
Runways:	Grass then 3 steel track
Hangars:	1x- Aircraft Repair Shed and 3x - double bay General Service Sheds (all demolished in 1937), 2x - Belfast, 3x - C Type, 3x - Bellman, 10x - Blister
County:	Norfolk
Location:	8 miles W of Fakenham
OS Ref:	TF785345
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RAF Bircham Newton

RAF Bircham Newton airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture, National Construction College
Tower Type:	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
Tower:	1. Demolished 1937 2. Demolished 1937 3. Boarded up in 2006, current status not known
Other Buildings:	Not known
History:	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.
RAF Bircham Newton