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English: Blocked road Former runways and service roads of Langham airfield bisect this area; most function as access roads to the many poultry sheds in the area, belonging to a poultry farm that now owns this land. The access to this road (or runway) which runs in southwesterly direction, has been blocked.
Langham airfield was opened at the beginning of WWII as a second satellite airfield for Bircham Newton. During its first two years of operation the airfield was fairly quiet with target towing and air-sea rescue operations being conducted together with some anti-shipping operations performed by a detachment of Fleet Air Arm Swordfish aircraft. In 1942 its status was raised to that of an independent station and for the next 16 months it was closed for a major expansion which included the laying of concrete runways, perimeter tracks and dispersals. Presently the former airfield is used as a poultry farm. One of the most important relics of its military past is the so-called Langham Dome > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1024546 - a former training facility, which still stands near the airfield. http://www.rafbnmp.org.uk/langham.htm |
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| Author | Evelyn Simak |
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