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- RAF Methwold opened as a dispersal airfield for RAF Feltwell in the winter of 1938.
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RAF Methwold opened as a dispersal airfield for RAF Feltwell in the winter of 1938. Vickers Wellington bombers from Feltwell continued to use the site as a satellite base until the grass airfield was transferred to No. 2 Group in the exchange of bases with No. 3 Group, in the summer of 1942.
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RAF Methwold was officially closed down in June 1958, the land being returned to its former owners or their families. In the 1960’s much of the concrete runways were broken up and the area returned largely to agriculture.
RAF METHWOLD 1938 -. 1958. At the end of the 1930’s as the possibility of war with Nazi Germany grew ever stronger the Air Ministry began to look for new sites to expand the number of airfields in East Anglia.
There are:56 items tagged RAF Methwold available in our Library. These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. George Fenwick Findley 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron.
In late 1944 METHWOLD was a ‘Middle of the road’ base with 1350 RAF personnel plus only 66 WAAFs.
Feb 27, 2020 · RAF Methwold opened as a dispersal airfield for RAF Feltwell in the Winter of 1938. Vickers Wellington bombers from Feltwell continued to use the site as a satellite base until the grass airfield was transferred to No. 2 Group in the exchange of bases with No. 3 Group, in the summer of 1942.
Sep 6, 2024 · Also known as: Methwold Aerodrome / RAF Methwold / RAF Station, Methwold: County: Norfolk: Current Status: Farmland / Industry: Date: World War One - June 1958
