Royal Air Force Swannington or more simply RAF Swannington is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south of Cawston and 9.3 miles (15.0 km) north west of Norwich in Norfolk, England.
It was opened in April 1944, being developed from the estate of Haveringland Hall, and sold in 1957, though the Royal Air Force (RAF) left in November 1947. The site is now used for agriculture, though evidence of concrete runways and buildings remains; it lies largely within the civil parishes of Brandiston, with St Nicholas' Church to the north of the site, and Haveringland, with St Peter's Church[1] close to one of the taxiways at the eastern end,[2] and Guton Hall and a river valley separating the area from Little Witchingham civil parish to the west. Part of the Brandiston-Swannington road still runs over remains of the runways.
^Haveringland: St Peter at achurchnearyou.com, retrieved 7 February 2018
^Haveringland church remembers RAF Swannington at networknorwich.co.uk, retrieved 7 February 2018
Royal Air Force Swannington or more simply RAFSwannington is a former Royal Air Force station located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south of Cawston and 9.3 miles...
Swannington may refer to: Swannington, Leicestershire Swannington railway station Swannington, Norfolk location of RAFSwannington All pages with titles...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
110 with cannon fire. No. 85 Squadron RAF was transferred to the Group on 1 May 1944, operating from RAFSwannington. The top Mosquito ace of 100 Group was...
Storage Units (ASU)s. List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air...
Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016. "Swannington". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016...
Church Farm, Haveringland, occupying part of the site of the former RAFSwannington, in 2017.[citation needed] Hillside is now home to over 2000 rescued...
radar to detect enemy aircraft from behind. 85 Squadron was moved to RAFSwannington in Norfolk. The station opened on 1 April 1944. The stay in Norfolk...
home to RAFSwannington. Throughout the war, Brandiston was home to the Hurricanes of No. 85 Squadron RAF and the Mosquitos of No. 157 Squadron RAF. The...
Snibston area in the late 1820s in their involvement with the Leicester and Swannington Railway, which was being built to carry coal from this area to Leicester...
built in the village. In 1939, RAF Coltishall was opened as a base for the Hawker Hurricanes of No. 242 Squadron RAF, with the famous fighter ace Douglas...
in Lindridge Lane by the Desford History Society. The Leicester and Swannington Railway was built through the parish in 1832 initially to haul coal from...
Rackheath and Salhouse on farmland formerly the site of the Second World War RAF Rackheath airfield. The proposals have attracted much criticism, mainly because...
Air Force Pilot-Officer Sidney C. Braybrooks (1885–1941), No. 224 Squadron RAF Lieutenant Austin S. Carruthers (1920–1945), Royal Army Medical Corps Leading-Aircraftman...
Rail.[citation needed] During World War II a nearby airfield, designated RAF Attlebridge, was used as an airfield for launching Allied aircraft missions...
Second World War: Sergeant Marcus Seatter (1915–1943), No. 115 Squadron RAF Seaman Thomas W. Parke (d.1941), HMS Voltaire "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood...
there. Norwich International Airport, which was first developed in 1939 as RAF Horsham St. Faith is close by. The village is home to the City of Norwich...
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