RAF Watton
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RAF Watton opened in Norfolk in 1937 as a No. 2 Group light-bomber station, flying Bristol Blenheims in the early war years. From 1943 the USAAF used it as a major overhaul depot for B-24 Liberators and as a base for a reconnaissance group. After the war it became a signals and electronic-warfare station, flying Canberras into the 1970s. The site is now largely covered by housing, with Wayland Prison occupying part of the former airfield.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including RAF Watton — Wikipedia and Watton — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
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Adrian S Pye / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ex_RAF_Watton_former_Airmen%27s_Mess_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5025183.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
assumed USAAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:25bg-mosquito.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Assumed USAAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:25bg-b26.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
US Army Air Force / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:25bg-b24.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
British Government. Annotations on photo from Freeman, Roger A., Airfields Of The Eighth, Then And Now, 1978. / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wattonafld-1945.pngView source & full licence →No people are cross-referenced to this airfield yet. Links appear as squadron postings, crews and service records are added.