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Old Buckenham
| Also known as: | Old Buck (nickname) / RAF Old Buckenham / RAF Station, Old Buckenham / USAAF Station 144 |
| County: | Norfolk |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened December 1943 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil / USAAF |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Bomber / General aviation |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- 453rd Bomb Group Association
- Old Buckenham Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 53 MU
- No 94 MU
- No 231 MU
- 453rd BG
- 732nd BS
- 733rd BS
- 734th BS
- 735th BS
- UK Parachuting
Looking east from the runway 08 threshold at Old Buckenham, 16 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Old Buckenham, 21 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Old Buckenham, 31 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Looking south-east across the airfield. The current main runway is on the right, with the grass runways visible just below, 13 June 2009. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Aerial view of Old Buckenham, 19 October 2010. © Richard Flagg
The Operations Block at Old Buckenham, 20 June 2011. © Richard Flagg
Flying Club Hangars at Old Buckenham, 15 October 2011. © Richard Flagg
A Blister hangar at Old Buckenham, 8 February 2014. © Richard Flagg
A hangar at Old Buckenham, 8 February 2014. © Richard Flagg
Norden Bomb Site Store and Workshop at Old Buckenham, 31 May 2014. © Richard Flagg
Flying Club and aircraft parking area at Old Buckenham, 11 January 2015. © Richard Flagg
Flying Club Hangars at Old Buckenham, 11 January 2011. © Richard Flagg
Looking north east from the runway 03 threshold at Old Buckenham, 15 February 2015. © Richard Flagg
North American P-51 Mustangs in front of a hangar at Old Buckenham, 30 June 2018.
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