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Snetterton
Heath
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1945 (© via Geoff Ward) |
Snetterton
Heath airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Motor
racing circuit
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with small front windows to 15371/41, rooftop control
room added later by the USAAF
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Tower:
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Demolished
1945
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Other
Buildings:
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Very
few
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History:
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RAF
Snetterton Heath - 386th Bomb Group - 96th Bomb Group -
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1943 (© 96th Bomb Group, USAAF) |
RAF
Snetterton Heath - 386th Bomb Group - 96th Bomb Group -
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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/05/1943
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Closed:
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/11/1948
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ID Code:
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SN
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USAAF Station:
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138
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Runways:
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3x - concrete, wood
chips
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Hangars:
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2x - T2, 4 others to
N planned to become Eccles Air Depot
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County:
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Norfolk
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Location:
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6 miles SW of Attleborough
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OS Ref:
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TM005895
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs © copyright
as stated
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RAF
Snetterton Heath
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Part
of the 96th Bomb Group memorial window at Quidenham church 1974
(© Steve Bond)
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RAF Snetterton Heath airfield -
386th Bomb Group - 96th Bomb Group -
1943-48
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RAF
Snetterton Heath, 96 BG, airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2002 -
- updated 28/09/2018 - |