Royal Air Force Little Snoring or more simply RAF Little Snoring is a former Royal Air Force station located immediately north of the Norfolk village of Little Snoring, approximately east-northeast from the town of Fakenham. The airfield remains open for general aviation use as Little Snoring Airfield.
History The station opened in July 1943 and was built to be a satellite station and dispersal for RAF Foulsham which is south-east of Little Snoring. Just a month after the station became operational, the stations status changed when No. 3 Bomber Group gave the station full status. Squadron Period Aircraft 23 Squadron 1944–1945 de Havilland Mosquito VI and XX 115 Squadron 1943 Avro Lancaster II 141 Squadron 1945 de Havilland Mosquito XXX 169 Squadron 1943–1944 de Havilland Mosquito II 515 Squadron 1943–1945 Bristol Beaufighter, de Havilland Mosquito II and VI 1678 Heavy Conversion Flight 1943 Avro Lancaster II
After this the airfield was retained on a care and maintenance until an anti-aircraft co-operation unit on civilian contract operated from Little Snoring for several years during the 1950s. Supermarine Spitfire were the main type used, but were replaced by de Havilland Vampires before the unit was disbanded in 1958.
Additional units No. 2 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit No. 15 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section No. 274 Maintenance Unit RAF
Current use The site is currently used as Little Snoring Airfield, operated by the McAully Flying Group, formerly the Fakenham Flying Group. Airfield facilities include a private hangar and a clubhouse with pre-flight briefing facilities, kitchen and toilets. McAully Flying Group The eastern and southern parts of all three runways have been removed but the remainder are retained for flying.
The airfield is also used for aircraft manufacturing, The Light Aircraft Company has an aircraft maintenance facility which produces the Sherwood Ranger microlight.
The former mortuary is now a toilet and shower block at the villages' camp site. The site also features an air raid shelter and concrete pads for vehicles and temporary buildings.
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