2016

TM0784 : RAF Fersfield - Site 4

taken 8 years ago, near to Fersfield, Norfolk, England

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RAF Fersfield - Site 4
RAF Fersfield - Site 4
Inside building #172, the Boiler house and tank tower > Link. The object seen in the foreground is an old-fashioned bird scarer. Site 4 was where the dining halls for the officers, sergeants and airmen were located and where the commanding officer was quartered. A number of smaller buildings can also still be found here but all Nissen huts would seem to have long since been dismantled.

Update: Many of the buildings on this site were razed to the ground in July 2016.
RAF Fersfield (USAAF Station 554)

Initially the aerodrome was known as RAF Winfarthing (USAAF Station 140) but was later designated RAF Fersfield (Station 554). Unlike the other WW2 airfields used by the US Army Air Force, very little is known about RAF Fersfield, perhaps because it played a very important and secret role.

From July 1944 until January 1945, about 25 aircraft were assigned to the 562nd Bombardment Squadron of the 388th Bomb Group (Heavy) for flying secret missions code-named "Aphrodite", involving the use of remote-controlled aircraft against the German V-1 and V-2 weapons sites, submarine pens and other fortifications. Due to continuous problems with malfunctioning or out of control aircraft and accidents, some fatal, the operation was however abandoned after 19 missions.

The RAF No 2 Group then used the airfield as a training centre for aircrew and for one of its own secret operations: Operation Carthage.

The field was closed to flying in 1946 and after a brief spell in the early 1950s as a motor racing circuit it reverted to agriculture. Only the perimeter track remains on the airfield proper but a number of buildings have survived on some of its dispersed campsites.

See also: Link


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Nissen Huts would seem to have Long [32] · Inside [10] · Boiler House and Tank Tower [5] Title Clusters: · RAF Fersfield - Site 4 [28] ·
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TM0784, 107 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 21 January, 2016   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 21 January, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 0775 8410 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:24.9255N 1:3.2043E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TM 0775 8411
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