It reverted back to RAF use in July 1945 as the 94 Maintenance sub-unit.

The base was assigned to the United States Army Air Force’s (USAAF) Eighth Air Force's 2nd Bomb Wing on 30 September 1942, with the designation as Station 120. 88 Squadron RAF from August 1941 to September 1942, flying Bristol Blenheim IVs and Douglas Boston IIIs. Completed in August 1942 the airfield was first used by No. The easiest way to itemise the various RAF wartime bases, and other installations, is to list them alphabetically starting with :-ĪTTLEBRIDGE: If you drive approximately 8 miles north-west of Norwich, you’ll find Attlebridge, which was an early wartime station established for the use of the No. We have not attempted to list each and every air force unit or base activated, only the principal units.

It is not possible to comprehensively list here every RAF group and squadron, or every type of aircraft involved in Norfolk during the Second World War, but there are many excellent publications and websites which do this.Īll we are attempting to do, on these pages, is to identify where these RAF wartime bases were located and what their main operational function was. So much has been written about the wartime presence within East Anglia, of the American Army Air Force that it easy to overlook the vital part played by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.īoth fighter and bomber bases were dispersed throughout Norfolk, together with other support establishments.

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