February 1939 work commenced on a grass surfaced airfield, 8 miles NE of Norwich with permanent buildings of the expansion style,. It featured 2- Extra Over Blister, 4- C Type, and 6- Blister hangars, 3 Sommerfield Track runways, 6 - Single-engine, 14 - Twin-engine hardstandings and a Watch Office with Met Section 2328/39 (concrete), with VCR to 5871c/55
Originally called Scottow Aerodrome this changed on opening to Coltishall. By November Blenheims from Watton and Horsham were occasionally dispersed on the incomplete airfield
29 May 1940 RAF Coltishall opened, not for the bombers as originally intended but in No.12 Group Fighter Command
Many Squadrons passed through here until it finally closed on 30 November 2006
These are the accounts that i have uncovered from Coltishall including one narrated by my friend Eileen Murray who tells of her experience there
17 июл 2024
