Orfordness
Major
| Also known as: | Orford Ness / Orford Ness National Nature Reserve / Orfordness Aerodrome / RAF Orfordness / RFC Orfordness |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | Nature reserve |
| Date: | 1915 - September 1939 (closed to flying) |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Experimental |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Orford & Gedgrave Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 37 Sqn
- Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment
- Aeroplane Experimental Establishment (Home)
- Armament Experimental Station
- Experimental Armament Sqn
- Experimental Flight
Remains of the airfield at Orfordness, 19 February 2005.
Looking across Orfordness, 14 September 2011.
Looking across the airfield at Orfordness, now marshland, 1 November 2014.
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