North Pickenham
Major
| Also known as: | North Pickenham Wind Farm / RAF North Pickenham / RAF Station, North Pickenham / USAAF Station 143 |
| County: | Norfolk |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Industry / Leisure activity / Wind farm |
| Date: | April 1944 - November 1965 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | 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):
- Anglia Karting Centre
- Bernard Matthews Farms Ltd
- Enertrag
- North Pickenham Parish Council
- St. Andrew's Church, North Pickenham
Main unit(s) present:
- No 220 Sqn
- No 258 MU
- 491st BG
- 492nd BG
- 852nd BS
- 853rd BS
- 854th BS
- 855th BS
- 856th Bs
- 857th BS
- 858th BS
- 859th BS
- Kestrel (P.1127) Evaluation Sqn
Poultry sheds on one of the runways at North Pickenham, 21 June 2007.
Runway 01:19, looking south from the runway 19 threshold, 15 March 2008. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of North Pickenham, 15 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of North Pickenham, 15 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
T2 Hangar at North Pickenham, 28 September 2011. © Richard Flagg
A Thor missile at North Pickenham. Courtesy of fender200
Looking across North Pickenham. Courtesy of Dibs Photography
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