Dates: 1940 - 2006

The former Royal Air Force Station Coltishall, more commonly known as RAF Coltishall (IATA: CLF, ICAO: EGYC), was a Royal Air Force station, a military airbase, 10 miles North-North-East of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia, from 1938 to 2006.

It was a fighter base in the Second World War and afterwards a base for night fighters then ground attack aircraft until closure.

After longstanding speculation, the future of the station was sealed once the Ministry of Defence announced that the Typhoon, a rolling replacement aircraft, displacing the ageing Jaguars, would not be based there. The last of the Jaguar squadrons left on 1 April 2006 and the station finally closed, one month early and ?10 million under budget, on 30 November 2006.

The station motto was Aggressive in Defence. The station crest is a stone tower surmounted by a mailed fist grasping three bind bolts (arrows), which symbolised a position of strength in defence of the homeland, indicative of the aggressive spirit which Coltishall fighter aircraft were prepared to shoot down the enemy.

Memories of RAF Coltishall

Police Club - RAF Coltishall in 1976
Written by brenda cotton
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"Many a night spent with all the coppers getting smashed and playing darts, but does anyone remember the night they set the trap for a particular Sgt who had been stalking me. Ginger and others helped me to catch him in the act and I was terrified walking back to the block as planned. Also catching me in the mens block drunk as a lord, the give away was my platform sandals, my mate Bimbo forgot to hide them!!"

Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving RAF Coltishall

" Hello,im new to all of this,so apologies if any mistakes are made!I would love to get in touch with anybody who joined up and went through RAF Swinderby May 1987-June that year,such good times,but have forgotten alot of names!Have been searching for photos,so when found,will put them on!If you ..."

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" Back in March we included an item about the former RAF Coltishall as follows: "The Coltishall Group has produced a concept for a ’high spec modern day environment with traditional community values’ on the former airfield. The vision is not simply to build a housing estate at ..."

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"  Looking for Warren Fearon RAF Coltishall  1963/1964.An accomplished glider pilot, owned a green Morris Minor Traveller.Wife Betty and a son and daughter. "

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"any member at raf coltishall mt section 1960 1962"

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"im looking for any info anyone has about my mate bill swann who served with me on 23sqdn at raf coltishall in the 60s. also the 80th entry at raf halton."

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