RAF Great Massingham

RAF Great Massingham
RAF Great Massingham
Great Massingham, Norfolk in England
	RAF Great Massingham on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940
	RAF Great Massingham Shown within Norfolk RAF Great Massingham RAF Great Massingham (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	52°46′50″N 000°40′36″E / 52.78056°N 0.67667°E
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	GM
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command; * No. 2 Group RAF; * No. 100 (BS) Group RAF
Site history
Built	1940
Built by	Unit Construction Co Ltd
In use	September 1940 - April 1958
Airfield information
Elevation	85 metres (279 ft) AMSL
Runways
03/21	1,200 metres (3,937 ft) Concrete
09/27	1,780 metres (5,840 ft) Concrete
13/31	1,200 metres (3,937 ft) Concrete

Royal Air Force Great Massingham or more simply RAF Great Massingham is a former Royal Air Force station located 8.1 miles (13 km) southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk and 11.7 miles (18.8 km) east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

The airfield was built as a satellite airfield of RAF West Raynham in 1940 but was upgraded to a parent station on 3 June 1944. The airfield closed in 1945, although remained in use for storage until 1958.^[1]

History

The following units were posted here at some point:

No. 18 Squadron RAF 1940–41^[2]
No. 90 Squadron RAF 1941^[3]
No. 107 Squadron RAF 1941^[4]
No. 342 Squadron RAF 1943^[5]
No. 169 Squadron RAF 1944–45^[6]
No. 16 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section^[7]
No. 1482 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight^[7]
No. 1692 (Bomber Support Training) Unit RAF^[7]
No. 1694 (Target Towing) Flight RAF became No. 1694 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF^[8]
No. 4109 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment^[7]
No. 4303 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment^[7]
Central Fighter Establishment^[7]

Current use

The airfield was sold in 1958 and returned to agricultural use. The runways remained, however, although the control tower was demolished, and the airfield was reactivated for aviation by O.C. Brun Esq.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Falconer 2012, p. 102.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 30.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 51.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 55.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 88.
^ Jefford 1988, p. 64.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Great Massingham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
^ Lake 1999, p. 99.

Bibliography

Falconer, Jonathan (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

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[FOOTNOTEFalconer2012102-1] Falconer 2012, p. 102.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198830-2] Jefford 1988, p. 30.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198851-3] Jefford 1988, p. 51.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198855-4] Jefford 1988, p. 55.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198888-5] Jefford 1988, p. 88.

[FOOTNOTEJefford198864-6] Jefford 1988, p. 64.

[ABCT-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Great Massingham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[FOOTNOTELake199999-8] Lake 1999, p. 99.

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