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Watton
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The
first watch office at Watton 1999 (©
Paul Francis)
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RAF
Watton airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Housing
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Tower Type:
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1. Fort Type Watch Office
with Tower 207/36 (concrete)
2. Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41, medium front windows to 343/43, large VCR with support pillars added post-war |
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Tower:
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1.
Demolished 2006
2. Demolished 2005 |
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Other
Buildings:
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Demolished
for housing 2006/7
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History:
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/1939 to /1943, RAF light bomber airfield. /43 to 07/45,
2nd Air Division, 3rd Strategic Air Depot - Neaton, servicing and repairing
B-24 Liberators. 04/44 to
07/45, 802nd Reconnaissance Group (Provisional), a weather photo recon
unit that operated over the Atlantic Ocean and later by day and night
over enemy occupied territory .09/08/44, renamed 25th Bombardment Group (Recon) with B-17, B-24 and Mosquiotos of the 652nd BS (H), 653rd BS (L) and 654th BS (P). 25th BG (R) flew a total of 3,370 sorties for the loss of 15 aircraft. 27/09/45, RAF
Signals Command with various Sqns and aircraft until the 1970s. Then part
of National Air Traffic Services Organisation followed by Military Air
Traffic Operations. |
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RAF
Watton airfield
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The
first watch office (above) and second
(below) 1981 (©
Paul Francis)
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RAF
Watton airfield
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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/1939
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Closed:
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/1978
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ID Code:
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WN
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USAAF Station:
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376
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Runways:
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3x - concrete
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Hangars:
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2x - B1, 3x - Blister,
3x - T2, 4x - C Type
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County:
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Norfolk
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Location:
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11 miles NE of Thetford
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OS Ref:
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TF940000
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©:
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Photographs copyright
© as stated
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Links:
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The
second control tower at Watton in 2000 (©
Mark Brotherton)
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Control
tower finally demolished due to constant vandalism
June 2005
(© Bill Noble)
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June
2005
(© Bill Noble)
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RAF
Watton
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Is
that Noddy's house? New houses in the shadow of Watton's C Type hangars
2007 (© Chris Helm) |
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RAF
Watton airfield
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1999
(© Paul Francis)
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RAF
Watton airfield 1939 - 2006: 3rd SAD - 802nd RG (P) - 25th BG (R) -
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RAF Watton airfield & control tower 25 BG (R) - 3 SAD = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2002 - Watton -
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