RAF Beccles airfield

2006 (© Trevor Collett)

RAF Beccles airfield

Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41, with medium front windows to 343/43

Other Buildings:

Airfield originally built for the USAAF, transferred to Bomber Command i the summer of 1944, then to RAF Coastal Command 08/44.
09/44 to 10/44, No. 618 Squadron training with Mosquitos using 'Highball' bouncing bombs.
09/44, No.819 Squadron with Swordfish torpedo bombers.
10/44, No.827 Squadron with Barracudas from Crail, moved to Langham.
09/44, No.119 Squadron with Albacores.
10/44 to 10/45, No.280 Squadron with Warwicks on Air-Sea Rescue duties.
03/45 to 10/45, No.278 Squadron with Walrus floatplanes.
09/45 to 10/45, No.279 Squadron with Warwicks.

1982 (© Ian Woodward)

2001 (© Fred Cubberley)

RAF Beccles airfield

5 miles SW of Lowestoft

RAF Beccles - Ellough airfield

RAF Beccles airfield
Airfield Today:	Agriculture
Tower Type:	Watch Office for All Commands 12779/41, with medium front windows to 343/43
Tower:	Demolished 2009
Other Buildings:	Not known
History:	Airfield originally built for the USAAF, transferred to Bomber Command i the summer of 1944, then to RAF Coastal Command 08/44. 09/44 to 10/44, No. 618 Squadron training with Mosquitos using 'Highball' bouncing bombs. 09/44, No.819 Squadron with Swordfish torpedo bombers. 10/44, No.827 Squadron with Barracudas from Crail, moved to Langham. 09/44, No.119 Squadron with Albacores. 10/44 to 10/45, No.280 Squadron with Warwicks on Air-Sea Rescue duties. 03/45 to 10/45, No.278 Squadron with Walrus floatplanes. 09/45 to 10/45, No.279 Squadron with Warwicks.
RAF Beccles

RAF Beccles airfield
Airfield:	Operational
Opened:	/1943
Closed:	/12/1945
ID Code:	BE
USAAF Station:	132
Runways:	3x - concrete
Hangars:	2x - T2
County:	Suffolk
Location:	5 miles SW of Lowestoft
OS Ref:	TM453882
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©:	Photographs copyright © as stated
RAF Beccles


2000 (© Simon Dunham)