Oulton
Also known as: | Oulton Aerodrome / No 110 Storage Sub-Site / RAF 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 2873 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2874 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4038 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- No 4298 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
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Autographs of various people who served at Oulton, c. 1944. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and crew at Oulton, August 1944. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
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Photograph from Oulton during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
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Photograph from Oulton during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association
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Crew Locker and Drying Room at Oulton, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
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Taxiway at the south east of the airfield, looking north east towards the runway 29 threshold, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
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Gas Respirator Store and Workshop at Oulton, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
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A hangar at Oulton, 23 May 2007. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of Oulton, 30 January 2011. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of Oulton, 30 January 2011. © Richard Flagg
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Main Stores building at Oulton, 15 March 2011. © Richard Flagg
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Rubber Store at Oulton, 15 March 2011. © Richard Flagg
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Looking south west from the runway 24 threshold at Oulton, 8 November 2012. © Richard Flagg
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Entrance to Bomb Stores Site at Oulton, 8 November 2012. © Richard Flagg
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Looking north from the runway 35 threshold at Oulton, 25 March 2016. © Richard Flagg
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