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RAF Bircham Newton

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28: 33: 62: 69: 2667: 1116:, aiming to continue construction industry training provision at Bircham Newton. Later in 2020, CITB decided not to continue with the sale of Bircham Newton to WSC but to remain a provider of Apprenticeship and Commercial Training for the Construction Industry, where it continues to this day. 1105:. The area of the airfield once occupied by the grass runways has disappeared under the activities of construction equipment, but the majority of buildings on the site remain in use by the CITB. The control tower was demolished in 2010 due to its poor condition. 2696: 350:
The airfield was equipped with one aircraft repair shed and three double bay general service sheds, although these had been demolished by 1937. It had two Belfast hangars, three C Type hangars, three
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RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912
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was one of the squadrons being based there, on maritime patrol duties. Two satellite airfields,
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After closure as an operational airfield in 1966, the airfield became the home of the
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Royal Air Force Administrative Apprentice Association Royal Air Force Bircham Newton
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There were several communication squadrons active at the airfield during 1919.
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Action Stations: Vol 1. Wartime military airfields of East Anglia 1939-1945
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In February 2020, the CITB announced it had sold the site to
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In 1965 the airfield was used for evaluation trials of the
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and received the largest British bomber of the time, the
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was arranged before any missions were actually flown.
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Bircham Newton
Norfolk
RAF Bircham Newton is located in Norfolk
52°52â€ē37â€ģN 000°39â€ē09â€ģE / 52.87694°N 0.65250°E / 52.87694; 0.65250
Royal Air Force station
Ministry of Defence
Royal Air Force
RAF Coastal Command
No. 16 Group RAF
European theatre of World War II
Cold War
AMSL
Direction
Sommerfeld tracking
Royal Air Force
station
Docking
Norfolk
King's Lynn
First World War
Handley Page V/1500
Berlin
Armistice
Bellman hangars
Blister hangars
Second World War
No. 16 Group RAF
RAF Coastal Command

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