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Hethel
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1967
(© Fred Cubberley)
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RAF
Hethel airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Lotus
car factory, car production on Technical Site and vehicle test track on
parts of runways and perimiter track
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with rooftop VCR
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Tower:
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In
use by Lotus cars
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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11/42, Ground units only of the 320th Bombardment Group (M) with B-26
Marauders, moved to Tibenham then to
North Africa. 06/43 to
05/45, 564th, 565th, 566th and 567th Bombardment Squadrons of the 389th
Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'The Sky Scorpions' with B-24 Liberators. Twice
detached to North Africa in 1943. First mission from Hethel 07/09/43,
completed 321 missions including Ploesti and 14 missions flown from N.
Africa. Lost 116 aircraft in action and another 37 in accidents, etc. 05/45 to /47,
Polish P-51 Mustang Sqns./47 to /48, used as a Personnel Transit Centre, transferred to Technical Training Command and then used to house homeless people until 1963 and airfield sold in 1964. |
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RAF
Hethel airfield
- 320th Bomb Group - 389th Bomb Group -
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With
wartime USAAF VCR 1952
(© Philip Standley)
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1970
(© Philip Standley)
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Hethel airfield
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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11/1942
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Closed:
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/1948
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ID Code:
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HL
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USAAF Station:
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114
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Runways:
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3x - concrete, wood
chips
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Hangars:
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3x - T2
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County:
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Norfolk
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Location:
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7 miles SW of Norwich
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OS Ref:
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TG155008
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Links:
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©:
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photographs ©
as stated
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Now
with the ground floor extended under the balcony
2002 (© Simon
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2002
A recent Lotus product, 1992 Elan (© Jeff
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1952
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RAF
Hethel airfield - 320th Bomb Group - 389th Bomb Group -
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RAF
Hethel 320 BG - 389 BG - airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2004 - Hethel -
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