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Old
Buckenham
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1967
(© Harry Holmes)
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Old
Buckenham airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
aviation
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with medium windows 343/43
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Tower:
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Demolished
1970s
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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12/43
to 5/45, 732nd, 733rd, 734th and 735th Sqns of the 453rd BG.Flew 259 missions, losing 58 B-24 Liberators. James Stewart and Walter Mathau both served here.  Postwar used
by non-flying RAF Maintenance Units until closure. Airfield sold off 1964
and returned to agriculture. Used by crop spraying aircraft in the 1970s
and 80s, now a 100 acre airfield site. |
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1974
(© Steve Bond)
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RAF and 8th USAAF
Station
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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12/1943
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Closed:
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20/6/1960
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ID Code:
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OE
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USAAF Station:
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144
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Runways:
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3 concrete, tarmac and
wood chips
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Hangars:
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2, T2
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County:
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Norfolk
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Location:
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2 miles S of Attleborough
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OS Ref:
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TM078936
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Links:
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Old
Buckenham airfield www.oldbuck.com
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©:
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©
As stated
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Nissen Hut, Building
36 Fire Section (©
Steve Bond)
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airfield
+ airport control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman
2001
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