Bootiful airfield ?

I have corrected the info on my website and changed it to a Carvair!

This is a photo of the detailing on the side saying it is a C-54, you should be able to make it out!

U.S ARMY C-54B-3DO
AIR FORCES SER. NO. 42-72343

Richard

Al least some things still try to fly at these old ‘dromes then(groan).

Miggers;)

A couple of FAA sqdn were also based there with Barracudas amongst other types

Some nice pictures of the Cockpit at Halesworth, i had only ever seen a poor quality one. Its CF-EPV though, not a lot of C54 there, and discussed a length on this thread.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=63613&highlight=CF-EPV

A couple of memorial shots from Halesworth are on the link below including a photo of the cockpit you mention, though I thought it was a Douglas C-54B-1-DC Skymaster, registration 42-72343 is marked on it, though not visible on the photo.

Halesworth

Shots from Attlebridge are on the following link, showing turkey sheds and the runways.

Attlebridge

Richard

Swaffham airfield

There’s one such just south of Swaffham, whose name currently eludes me.
Moggy

North Pickenham ; 492nd B.G (B.24’s) – disbanded Aug ’44.

From Aug ’44 onwards replaced by 491st B.G. (also B.24’s).

They’ve only just torn up much of the perimeter track (Nov/Dec ’06) & now using it as an extensive wind-turbine site (as well).

Similar situation exists at nearby Wendling (Beeston), the old 392 B.G. (B.24)airfield – That’s also a turkey farm, with the runways still intact, but many outbuildings overgrown, including the bomb-dump at Honeypot Wood.

He’s got one at Attlebridge as well, if this bird flu keeps up ,he might need to diversify, perhaps when all the birds have gone, he’ll take the over spill from Coltishall….

It can be seen quite clearly on google maps here, I didnt realise so much of it was left although the concrete visible from the road looks a bit weatherbeaten

I think the Turkey sheds on the runways at Langham in Norfolk are Bernard Mathews.

Andy

They are and IIRC they paid to restore the gunnery trainer – there is a plaque on the door noting this, and also the story of the base c.w ASR rescue of a Fortress crew and Beau ops…

TT

Halesworth, known locally as Holton. Previous home to the 56th FG and 5th ERS.

And in between the 56th FG and 5th ERS it was the 489th BG with B-24’s. And it was flying from Halesworth that Lt.Col Leon Vance became the only B-24 crew member in the ETO to win the Medal of Honor, on the day before D-Day.

He’s got one at Attlebridge as well, if this bird flu keeps up ,he might need to diversify, perhaps when all the birds have gone, he’ll take the over spill from Coltishall….

Holton/Halesworth isnt that where the Carvair Cockpit is, ex CF-EPV, now painted in some military scheme for some odd reason?

I think the Turkey sheds on the runways at Langham in Norfolk are Bernard Mathews.

Andy

There’s one such just south of Swaffham, whose name currently eludes me.

Moggy

…hummm interesting. Bernard owns more airfields then ? There is (was ?) a similar set up at Winkleigh.

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Many of the local airfields were snatched up by Bernard in the 1950s and 1960s as the runways make excellent hard foundations for massive turkey sheds with minimal work. It is how he made his money.

Underneath the sheds they are in pretty good condition, certainly much better than the airfields that fell prey to St Ives Sand & Gravel Ltd.

Often many of the WW2 buildings are retained within the perimeter in good condition too.

Moggy

Halesworth, known locally as Holton. Previous home to the 56th FG and 5th ERS.

It was RAF Halesworth it closed just after the war.