TL9677 : Concreted farm track beside sugar beet crop field
taken 9 years ago, near to Barningham, Suffolk, England
RAF Knettishall is located roughly ten kilometres (six miles) south-east of Thetford between the villages of Knettishall and Coney Weston, on the south side of the Little Ouse Valley and bordering the area of heath and forest known as the Breckland, The aerodrome was constructed by W&C French Ltd to Class A specifications, comprising the standard 50-metres wide concrete runways, with the main runway being 1,830 metres (6,000 feet) long and the two intersecting secondary runways 1,280 metres (4,200 feet) each in length was however soon handed over to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and designated Station 136.