RAF Watton
England
About
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.
Photographs
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User:Deben Dave / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAF_Watton_runway.JPGView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
United States Army Air Forces / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAF_Watton_-_25_Jan_1944.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
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 →Home to
- No. 21 Squadron — 2 Group
- No. 82 Squadron (United Provinces) — 2 Group
People connected to this base
37 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel, Victor | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Alderton, Arthur Marsden Lewis | Squadron Leader | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Anderson, James | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Bailey, George Edward | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Baker, Frederick John | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Baker, John | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Boulter, Roy Russell | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Brown, Eugene Deverle | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Cornfoot, Radford Claude | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Cox, Geoffrey Thomas | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Croll, Ian Bruce | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Deakin, Ronald Edward | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hall, Kenneth Reginald | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hall, Reginald John Ward | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hocking, Leslie | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hole, William George | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Ingham, George William | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Johnston, William Smith | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Mackinnon, John Allan | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Macleod, George Dewar | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Mango, Anthony Constantine John | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Nowell, George Richard | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Oats, Victor Rundle | Wing Commander | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Offler, Robert Wilgar | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Osborn, Roy Harris | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Roberts, John Vivian Charles | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Roberts, William Richard | Captain | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Sercombe, Frederick John | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Shearer, Thomas James Buchanan | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Spensley, Thomas | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Stirling, Robert John Telford | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Thynne, Edward Andrew | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Tufnell, William Clarke | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Walsh, Leonard Noel | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Webb, Hugh Victor Corthorn | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Wesker, Thomas John | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| West, Edward Thomas | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |