Marham
| Also known as: | Marham Aerodrome / RAF Marham / RAF Station, Marham / RFC Marham |
| County: | Norfolk |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened August 1915 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Barton Bendish Parish Council
- King's Lynn & District Motor Club
- Marham HIVE
- Marham Parish Council
- Narborough Parish Council
- RAF Marham Golf Club
- Shouldham Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 (Bomber) Gp Support Unit
- No 2 Sqn
- 3rd Air Divison
- No 3 Gp TT Flight
- No 3 (RAF) Force Protection Wing HQ
- No 6 RAF Police Sqn
- No 9 Sqn
- No 12 Sqn
- No 13 Sqn
- No XV Sqn
- No 19 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
- No 27 Sqn
- No 31 Sqn
- No 35 Sqn
- No 38 Sqn
- No 39 Sqn
- No 44 Sqn
- No 49 Sqn
- No 51 Sqn
- No 55 Sqn
- No 57 Sqn
- No 89 MU
- No 90 Sqn
- 97th BG
- No 100 Sqn
- No 105 Sqn
- No 109 Sqn
- No 115 Sqn
- No 138 Expeditionary Air Wing (Fighter/Ground Attack)
- No 139 Sqn
- No 148 Sqn
- No 149 Sqn
- No 191 Depot Sqn
- No 191 (Night) TS
- No 192 Depot Sqn
- No 192 (Night) TS
- No 207 Sqn
- No 214 Sqn
- No 218 Con Flight
- No 218 Sqn
- No 226 OCU
- No 231 OCU
- No 232 OCU
- No 242 Sqn
- No 611 VGS
- No 617 Sqn
- No 819 Sqn
- No 824 Sqn
- No 1418 Flight
- No 1427 (Ferry Training) Flight
- No 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight
- No 1483 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight
- No 1655 Mosquito CU
- No 1655 Mosquito Training Unit
- No 2620 Sqn RAuxAF Regiment
- No 2722 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4203 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Air Bomber Training Flight (No 3 Gp)
- Bomber Command Acceptance and Modification Unit
- Bomber Command Aircraft MU
- Bomber Command B-29 Training Sqn
- Bomber Command Jet Conversion Flight
- Central Bomber Establishment
- Fenland GC
- Lightning Force HQ
- Martel Servicing and Storage Unit
- Martel Servicing and Support Unit
- Mosquito Conversion Unit
- New Zealand Flight
- RAF Marham Aero Club
- Station Flight, Marham
- Strike Command Air to Surface Missile Support Unit
- Tanker Training Flight
- Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit
- Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment
- Victor Major Maintenance Unit
- Victor Training Unit
- Washington Conversion Unit
A Type C hangar at Marham, 15 February 2007. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Aerial view of Marham, 15 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Marham, 15 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
A Panavia Tornado GR.4 at Marham, 21 June 2012. © Richard Flagg
A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II at Marham, 21 June 2018. © Richard Flagg
A Panavia Tornado GR.4 at Marham, 28 February 2019. © Richard Flagg
Footage of Marham in 1949. Courtesy of British Pathé
Boeing B-29s at Marham, 1950. Courtesy of British Pathé
The visit of Prime Minister of USSR Nikolai Bulganin and Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Nikita Khruschev to Marham, 1956. Courtesy of British Pathé
The Queen boarding a de Havilland Comet at Marham. Courtesy of British Movietone
Vickers Valiant flying clips, includes footage of Marham, 1960s. Courtesy of J L
Using bird calls to move birds form the airfield, 1966. Courtesy of British Pathé
Boeing B-52s leaving Marham. Courtesy of david alford
The use of chemical demolition techniques at Marham. Courtesy of Ministry of Defence
| Satellite(s): | |
| Decoy Airfield(s): | |
| Home Defence Flight Station(s): | |
| Home Defence Landing Ground(s): | Bedfield / Earsham / Freethorpe / Frettenham / Gooderstone Warren / Newmarket Heath / Saxthorpe / Scoulton / Sporle / Taverham / Tibenham / West Rudham |