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RAF Bacton

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RAF Bacton

Near Norwich, Norfolk in England

RAF Bacton

Shown within Norfolk

Coordinates

52°51′25″N 001°28′09″E / 52.85694°N 1.46917°E

Type

Royal Air Force base

Site information

Owner

Air Ministry

Operator

Royal Air Force

Site history

Built

1915

In use

1915-1919

Airfield information

Elevation

12 metres (39 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
00/00	Grass field

RAF Bacton is a former Royal Air Force landing field, built to accommodate aircraft intercepting Zeppelin bombers during the First World War.

History[edit]

A unit to use Bacton was a detachment of No. 219 Squadron RAF between 22 July 1918 and March 1919 with various aircraft^[1] along with No. 470 (Fighter) Flight.^[2]

A hangar from RAF Bacton was relocated to North Walsham after the closure of the airfield, where it became a garage workshop. This building was damaged in high winds,^[3] but an attempt to save the roof failed to salvage the structure, which was demolished in April 2007.^[4]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

^ Jefford 1988, p. 72.

^ "Bacton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

^ Airfields of Britain, Current Events Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

^ Eastern Daily Press, Airfield enthusiasts fail to save hangar

Bibliography[edit]

Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.