Rackheath
Also known as: | Oaktree Business Park / Rackheath Industrial Estate / RAF Rackheath / USAAF Station 145 |
County: | Norfolk |
Current Status: | Farmland / Industry |
Date: | 1943 - 1954 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF / USAAF |
Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
Aircraft Roles: | Bomber |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
- ABC Suppliers Ltd
- Acclaim Handling Ltd
- Action Community Enterprises CIC (ACE)
- All Trades Training
- Allsheds Garden Sheds
- Ames Air Conditioning Ltd
- Anglian Health & Safety Supplies
- Asbestos Control Ltd
- Ask Voluntary Organisation
- Aston Flooring
- BA Systems
- Babykit Ltd
- Babyland
- Barratt Developments PLC
- Bathroom Warehouse
- Bearing Boys Ltd
- Betts Moulding Ltd
- Bikenut Ltd
- Bottlepak Ltd
- Bottlesport Ltd
- Broadland Towbars
- Burrows Engineering
- C.R. Holdings Ltd
- CAM Rider Norwich
- Cambridge Healthcare Supplies ltd
- Caterlec Services Ltd
- Chrysler Jeep Specialist
- CJ Safety
- Colleague Software Limited - uses control tower
- Condor Cases Ltd
- Confidential Data Shredding Ltd
- D.E.M Motor Caravans
- D J Newson Optical Ltd
- Dave Barkshire Motorcycles
- Delta Fire Ltd
- Dreams Bridal
- Dreem Machines
- ECE Oil & Gas Ltd
- Eismann UK Ltd
- Electrical Safety Group
- Emkay Plastics Ltd
- The English Shepherds Hut Company
- Escortpart
- Fiesta Centre
- Finlex International Ltd
- The Flying 8 Motor Company
- Freemans Plumbing Supplies
- French Marine Motors Ltd
- Friars Pride
- The Furness Car Company
- Gold Arrow Motors
- Green Farm Property Ltd
- Greenacre Office Equipment
- Gregor & Gent Ltd
- Haynes Plastering Services Ltd
- Hexeal Chemicals Limited
- Howarth Engineering Ltd
- Ink Smart
- Innershed Ltd
- Jackdaw
- JHD Interiors
- Jones & Cane
- Liberator Cars
- Lisa Angel Limited
- M & A.V Spaul & Sons
- Main Man Supplies Ltd
- Mastercote UK Ltd
- Milltech Precision Engineering Ltd
- Motorbodies
- Newson Property Ltd
- NorfolkBroads.com Ltd
- Normech Precision Engineers
- Norwich Gas Centre Ltd
- Norwich Plastics Ltd
- Olympic Pools Norfolk
- Packpharm Ltd
- Parker Skip Hire Ltd
- PHS Datashred
- Polyprint
- Premier Cars
- Premier Marble Ltd
- PTS Power Tool Services Ltd
- Pursuit Software Limited
- QTraining Ltd
- Quentor Ltd
- R.W.D Garage
- R Patience
- Rackheath Bombers Pre-School
- Rackheath Car Centre
- Rackheath Parish Council
- Rackheath Roadside Recovery Ltd
- Ranncare Ltd
- Redpack Packaging Machinery
- Robin Smith Garden & Forestry Equipment
- Scan Coin Packaging Ltd
- Seaglaze Marine Ltd
- Solus Garden & Leisure Ltd
- Spencers Car Sales
- Steelmasters
- Stratstan Ltd
- Summer Garden & Leisure Buildings
- Super Spas
- Target Storage
- TDR Vending Services
- Thelittlepetshop.Co.Uk
- Typharm Ltd
- Val-U-Computers
- Vancebuild Ltd
- Vehicle Body Specialists
- Warner Regional Offices Partnership
Main unit(s) present:
- No 94 MU
- No 231 MU
- 467th BG
- 788th BS
- 789th BS
- 790th BS
- 791st BS
![001Looking north from Muck Lane that crosses the airfield - 23 May 2006.png](/media/8082/looking-north-from-muck-lane-that-crosses-the-airfield-23-may-2006.png)
Looking north from Muck Lane that crosses the airfield, 23 May 2006. © Richard Flagg
![002Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking north from Muck Lane that crosses the airfield - 17 August 2006.png](/media/8081/taxiway-at-the-east-of-the-airfield-looking-north-from-muck-lane-that-crosses-the-airfield-17-august-2006.png)
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking north from Muck Lane that crosses the airfield, 17 August 2006. © Richard Flagg
![003Parachute Store - 17 August 2006.png](/media/8077/parachute-store-17-august-2006.png)
Parachute Store at Rackheath, 17 August 2006. © Richard Flagg
![004Looking north east across the airfield from near the control tower - 17 August 2006.png](/media/8086/looking-north-east-across-the-airfield-from-near-the-control-tower-17-august-2006.png)
Looking north east across the airfield from near the control tower, 17 August 2006. © Richard Flagg
![005M.T Shed for USAAF - 7 November 2007.png](/media/8078/mt-shed-for-usaaf-7-november-2007.png)
Motor Transport Shed for USAAF at Rackheath, 7 November 2007. © Richard Flagg
![006Taxiway at the west of the airfield. Looking north east along what is now Wendover Way - 12 November 2007.png](/media/8084/taxiway-at-the-west-of-the-airfield-looking-north-east-along-what-is-now-wendover-way-12-november-2007.png)
Taxiway at the west of the airfield, looking north east along what is now Wendover Way, 12 November 2007. © Richard Flagg
![007Crew Room, Locker & Drying Room - 21 May 2009.png](/media/8076/crew-room-locker-drying-room-21-may-2009.png)
Crew Room, Locker and Drying Room at Rackheath, 21 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![008Main Stores - 6 March 2010.png](/media/8079/main-stores-6-march-2010.png)
Main Stores building at Rackheath, 6 March 2010. © Richard Flagg
![009Aerial View of RAF Rackheath Airfield - 1 September 2010.png](/media/8085/aerial-view-of-raf-rackheath-airfield-1-september-2010.png)
Aerial view of Rackheath, 1 September 2010. © Richard Flagg
![010Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking north east towards the runway 21 threshold - 20 October 2015.png](/media/8080/taxiway-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-looking-north-east-towards-the-runway-21-threshold-20-october-2015.png)
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking north east towards the runway 21 threshold, 20 October 2015. © Richard Flagg
![011Gymnasium - 11 June 2016.png](/media/8071/gymnasium-11-june-2016.png)
Gymnasium at Rackheath, 11 June 2016. © Richard Flagg
![012Hangar : Aircraft Shed (T2 Type) - 9 July 2016.png](/media/8073/hangar-aircraft-shed-t2-type-9-july-2016.png)
A hangar at Rackheath, 9 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
![013Night Flying Equipment Store - 9 July 2016.png](/media/8074/night-flying-equipment-store-9-july-2016.png)
Night Flying Equipment Store at Rackheath, 9 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
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Looking south from Muck Lane that crosses the airfield, 9 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
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Looking south from Muck Lane that crosses the airfield, 9 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
![016Control Tower : Watch Office for All Commands - 19 May 2019.png](/media/8072/control-tower-watch-office-for-all-commands-19-may-2019.png)
The Control Tower at Rackheath, 19 May 2019. © Richard Flagg
Rackheath airfield during the Second World War. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
Footage and images of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft", based at Rackheath, 1944 - 1945. Courtesy of Chris Collins
Rackheath, c. 2015. Courtesy of Jimmy Lee Shreeve