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| RN Air Station Bircham Newton |
Dates: 1916 - 1965 County: Norfolk Location: 8 miles W of Fakenham 1916 - opened as Royal Flying Corps fighter training school. 1918 - 1919, 166 Sqn formed here with long range bombers to attack Berlin. Although no operations were flown this was the beginning of RAF Bomber Command, became a heavy bomber station in 1923. 1936: transferred from Bomber to Coastal Command and rebuilt. 1939 : 1945, used for convoy protection, reconnaissance and anti-shipping and U-Boat patrols. 1945 - 1948 : Air Beam Training Flight and Transport Conversion Unit. 1948 : 1962, transferred to Technical Training Command. closed - 1965.
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RN Air Station Bircham Newton
1916 - 1965
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