North Pickenham
Also known as: | North Pickenham Wind Farm / RAF 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
![002Runway 01:19. Looking south from the runway 19 threshold - 15 March 2008.png](/media/6438/runway-01-19-looking-south-from-the-runway-19-threshold-15-march-2008.png)
Runway 01:19, looking south from the runway 19 threshold, 15 March 2008. © Richard Flagg
![003North Pickenham Airfield - 15 March 2009.png](/media/6441/north-pickenham-airfield-15-march-2009.png)
Aerial view of North Pickenham, 15 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
![004North Pickenham Airfield 2 - 15 March 2009.png](/media/6440/north-pickenham-airfield-2-15-march-2009.png)
Aerial view of North Pickenham, 15 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
![005Hangar : Aircraft Shed (T2 Type) - 28 September 2011.png](/media/6439/hangar-aircraft-shed-t2-type-28-september-2011.png)
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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