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Shipdham

Major
Also known as: RAF Shipdham / Shipdham Aerodrome / Shipdham Airfield Industrial Estate / USAAF Station 115
County: Norfolk
Current Status: Aviation / Industry
Date: Opened June 1942
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF / Civil / USAAF
Landing Surface Types: Paved
Aircraft Roles: Bomber / General aviation

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2023):

  • 44th Bomb Group Veterans Association
  • All Saints Church, Shipdham
  • Allen & Page
  • Cranworth Parish Council
  • Falcon Tower Crane Services Ltd
  • H G Pledger (Haulage) Ltd
  • H G Pledger (Storage) Ltd
  • Naturediet Pet Foods
  • Packshack
  • PCS Welding
  • Shipdham Airfield Museum
  • Shipdham History Group
  • Shipdham Parish Council
  • TBL Concrete Ltd
  • The Sourdough Company
  • V J Commercials Ltd
  • Warehouse Solutions (East Anglia) Limited
  • Whinburgh & Westfield Parish Council
  • William Morfoot

The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2023):

  • Shipdham Village Website

Main unit(s) present:

  • 44th BG
  • 66th BS
  • 67th BS
  • 68th BS
  • No 258 MU
  • No 262 MU
  • 319th BG
  • 437th BS
  • 438th BS
  • 439th BS
  • 440th BS
  • 506th BS
  • Arrow Air Services
  • Shipdham Aero Club

Footage of the 44th Bomb Group at Shipdam during the Second World War. Courtesy of vespasean21

Maintenance Unit Sub-Site(s):

Deopham GreenNorth PickenhamWendling

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