Beccles, Suffolk

Beccles / Ellough / HMS Hornbill II
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1 January 1944
1960
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Industry / Aviation / Energy Park
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e10891
2 May 2026
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Beccles Aerodrome
Virage Helicopter Academy

AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of Beccles Airfield

AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersals

AIRFIELD SITE : Beccles Heliport Helipad No.2

AIRFIELD SITE : Beccles Heliport Terminal Building

AIRFIELD SITE : Blast Shelter

LOCATED AT : ​52.437368, 1.600501
EDOFBID : ​e38762

AIRFIELD SITE : Club Virage

AIRFIELD SITE : Clubhouse & Flying Control

This was demolished in March 202 in the re-development of the airfield and replaced by hangars.

AIRFIELD SITE : Mid Anglia Light Sport Aviation

AIRFIELD SITE : Modern Hangar 1

AIRFIELD SITE : Modern Hangar 2

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 05/23

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 10/28

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 17/35

AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways

BUILDING 1 : T2 Hangar

BUILDING 2 : T2 Hangar

BUILDING 7 : Control Tower

BUILDING 15 : Gas Clothing, Respirator Store & Workshop

BUILDING 100 : Station Offices

BUILDING 101 : Operations Block

BUILDING 102 : Crew Briefing Room

BUILDING 105 : Norden Bomb Sight Store & Workshop

BUILDING 150 : Officers Mess

BUILDING 153 : Officers & Sergeants Shower Block

BUILDING 154 : Sergeants Mess

BUILDING 155 : Officers & Sergeants Shower Block

BUILDING 157 : Tank Tower

BUILDING 161 : Airmens Dining Room

BUILDING 190 : Institute

BUILDING 191 : Grocery & Local Produce Store

BUILDING 192 : Ration Store

MEMORIAL SITE : Beccles Cemetery

Buried in this Cemetery are:
Aircraftman 1st Class John Clarence Bailey (Royal Air Force)
Lieutenant Herries Knocke Dudley-Scott (Royal Air Force)

MEMORIAL SITE : Halifax (LK846) Crash Memorial

MEMORIAL SITE : Hornbill Way

MISCELLANEOUS : Aerodrome Sign

MISCELLANEOUS : Beccles Town Sign