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Rackheath
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1993
(© Mark Stanley)
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RAF
Rackheath airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
industrial estate - the site around the control tower is currently being
redeveloped and the control tower is being renovated for use as offices
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43
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Tower:
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Was
used to store car spares from a scrapyard, slowly becoming derelict until
rebuilt 2006/07 - more information here
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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11/03/1944 to 05/07/1945, 788th, 789th, 790th and 791st Bombardment Squadrons
of the 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'The Rackheath Aggies' with B-24
Liberators. Flew 212 missions losing 46 B-24 Liberators, had the best
bombing accuracy record of the 8th USAAF. Group Commander Colonel Albert
J. Shower was the only CO to continuously command one 8th AAF unit from
leaving the USA to its return in 1945. |
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2002
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 1993 (© Mark Stanley) |
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RAF
Rackheath airfield - 467th Bomb Group -
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Airfield:
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Operational bomber
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Opened:
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/1943
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Closed:
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/1945
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ID Code:
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RK
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USAAF Station:
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145
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Runways:
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3x - concrete
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Hangars:
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2x - T2
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County:
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Norfolk
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Location:
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5 miles NE of Norwich
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OS Ref:
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TG285145
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Links:
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2006-07
restoration information here
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©:
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Photographs ©
as stated
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RAF
Rackheath - 467th Bomb Group -
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2002
(© Rob Pritchard)
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2004
(© Kevin Howard)
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RAF
Rackheath airfield - 467th Bomb Group -
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2005 (© Jason Winter) |
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RAF
Rackheath airfield - 467th Bomb Group - |
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more
information 2006 (© Eastern Daily Press 10/11/06
via Andrew Nix) |
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2009 (© Jason Winter) |
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2011 (© John Allan) |
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RAF
Rackheath airfield |
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2020 (© Rick Garside) |
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2020 (© Rick Garside) |
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2020 (© Rick Garside) |
RAF
Rackheath airfield control tower |
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RAF
Rackheath airfield + control tower 467 BG = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2004 - Rackheath -
- updated 07/08/2021 - |