RAF Weybourne was a Second World War anti-aircraft establishment. 'X' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit were based at the station between 16 May and 14 September 1939, with 'T' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit there between 25 February and 29 April 1942. No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit were based there between 7 December 1942 and 30 November 1943.[2]
Associated with the anti-aircraft gunnery, the station operated the de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee target drone aircraft, a radio-controlled target tug version of the Tiger Moth II.
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RAFWeybourne was a Second World War anti-aircraft establishment. 'X' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit were based at the station between 16 May...
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This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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re-purchase the site. The RAF installed a Marconi Type 91 Martello radar acting as a Ready Platform (along with RAF Hopton and RAFWeybourne) for the UKADGE Series...
fishing industry Muckleburgh Collection Weybourne North Norfolk Military History and memorabilia of RAFWeybourne, Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry, naval and...
serve with the RAF and the only Allied jet aircraft to reach combat in World War II. Almost 4,000 were produced, mostly in service with the RAF between 1944...
[citation needed] At Trimingham is air defence radar station RAF Trimingham, a satellite station of RAF Neatishead inland, which has a structure shaped like a...
operational in November 1941 as a second satellite for the main fighter station at RAF Coltishall sited north of Norwich, three tarmac-covered concrete runways...
church is now back in occasional use. The former Royal Air Force station, RAF West Raynham, is located 2 miles west of the village. It opened in 1939 and...
to Thomas Dereham 1539/40 The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Weybourne Priory Augustine Canons Regular dependent on West Acre; founded 1199 by...
of Oklahoma, erected a monument in 2000 honouring the lives of all four RAF fliers who perished. The residents, who include Choctaw Native American People...
also own a flat in London and a holiday home on the Norfolk coast at Weybourne, which they have in the past invited ex-soldiers to use for free as part...
within the district of North Norfolk. It is well known due to the nearby RAF Neatishead radar station.[citation needed] G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary...
in 1938 and remained in operation throughout World War II. Aircraft from RAF Langham would tow targets over the marshes for the trainee gunners to aim...
Grenadier Guards Warrant-Officer Edgar A. Brown (1922–1945), No. 55 Squadron RAF Corporal Dorothy S. Roffe (1916–1943), Women's Auxiliary Air Force Aircraftman-Second-Class...
on the Thursley road. John Black Atkins, journalist Sir Francis Fogarty, RAF Air Chief Marshal William Fraser, 3rd Baron Strathalmond Michael Gove, Conservative...
your homes and kindred." The returning soldiers were:—lieuts. C. Nelmes, R.A.F. Late attached to Somerset Light Inf. and F. Paterson. Sergt. Major Morgan...
damage from air raids. Several aeroplanes crashed in the area, including an RAF aircraft close to the Holy Cross Hospital in Shottermill. In the summer of...
Sergeant Matthew Sculfer (d.1940), No. 21 Squadron RAF Sergeant Jack Dixon (1921–1945), No. 153 Squadron RAF Private Robert F. Pestell (1885–1943), Royal Army...
Hall (for regular art exhibitions) Bewilderwood St Benet's Abbey RAF Neatishead RAF Air Defence Radar Museum Hoveton village Ludham village Wroxham village...
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