Royal Air Force Great Massingham or more simply RAF Great Massingham is a former Royal Air Force station located southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk and east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
The airfield was built as a satellite airfield of RAF West Raynham in 1940 but was upgraded to a parent station on 3 June 1944. The airfield closed in 1945, although remained in use for storage until 1958.
History
The following units were posted here at some point: No. 18 Squadron RAF 1940–41 No. 90 Squadron RAF 1941 No. 107 Squadron RAF 1941 No. 342 (GB I/20 'Lorraine') Squadron RAF 1943 No. 169 Squadron RAF 1944–45 No. 16 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section No. 1482 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight No. 1692 (Radar Development) Flight RAF became No. 1692 (Bomber Support) Training Flight RAF No. 1694 (Target Towing) Flight RAF became No. 1694 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF No. 4109 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment No. 4303 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment Central Fighter Establishment
Current use
The airfield was sold in 1958 and returned to agricultural use. The runways remained, however, although the control tower was demolished, and the airfield was reactivated for aviation by O.C. Brun Esq.
See also List of former Royal Air Force stations
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External links https://web.archive.org/web/20071211040927/http://www.greatmassingham.net/page8.html Control Towers