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Oulton
| Also known as: | Oulton Aerodrome / No 110 Storage Sub-Site / RAF Oulton / RAF Station, Oulton |
| County: | Norfolk |
| Current Status: | Farmland |
| Date: | 31 July 1940 - 1 August 1952 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / USAAF |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Blickling Estate’s RAF Oulton Museum – Blickling Hall used as RAF aircrew accommodation
- Blickling Parish Church/St. Andrew’s Church – RAF artefacts and book of remembrance
- Cawston Parish Council
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Oulton – RAF airfield plaque
- Oulton Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 18 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
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No 18 Sqn
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No 21 Sqn
- No 65 Sqn
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No 88 Sqn
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No 114 Sqn
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No 139 Sqn
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No 214 Sqn
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No 223 Sqn
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No 236 Sqn
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No 274 MU
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803rd BS
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No 1428 (Ferry Training) Flight
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No 1699 (Bomber Support) CU
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No 1699 (Fortress Training) Flight
- No 2753 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2842 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2873 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2874 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4038 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- No 4298 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Station Flight, Oulton
The Christmas menu at Oulton, 1944. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
Autographs of various people who served at Oulton, c. 1944. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and crew at Oulton, August 1944. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
Photograph from Oulton during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
Photograph from Oulton during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
Photograph from Oulton. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
The south-east end of the runway at Oulton, looking approximately northwards, 14 July 2006.
Some of the few remaining support buildings at Oulton, 14 July 2006.
A T2 hangar on the south-east side of the airfield, 14 July 2006.
The perimeter track, now a minor road, on the south-eastern side of the airfield, 14 July 2006.
Romney huts at Oulton, 14 July 2006.
Crew Locker and Drying Room at Oulton, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
A memorial by the crossroads at Oulton Street to the north-east of the airfield, 14 July 2006.
Taxiway at the south east of the airfield, looking north east towards the runway 29 threshold, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
Gas Respirator Store and Workshop at Oulton, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
A hangar at Oulton, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Oulton, 30 January 2011. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Oulton, 30 January 2011. © Richard Flagg
Main Stores building at Oulton, 15 March 2011. © Richard Flagg
Rubber Store at Oulton, 15 March 2011. © Richard Flagg
Looking south west from the runway 24 threshold at Oulton, 8 November 2012. © Richard Flagg
Entrance to Bomb Stores Site at Oulton, 8 November 2012. © Richard Flagg
Looking north from the runway 35 threshold at Oulton, 25 March 2016. © Richard Flagg
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