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Shipdham, Norfolk

Shipdham
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June 1942
1960's
16 June 1970
​November 2023

Industry / Agriculture / Aviation
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EGSA
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1 March 2025
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44th Bomb Group
Falcon Tower Crane Services
Quarters Cottages

AIRFIELD SITE

AIRFIELD SITE : 360 Degree Aerial Video of RAF Shipdham Airfield

360 Degree Aerial Video of RAF Shipdham Airfield - 1 March 2025

AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Photos of Shipdham Airfield


AIRFIELD SITE : Bomb Stores Roadways


AIRFIELD SITE : Hardstand No.1


AIRFIELD SITE : Inner Marker


AIRFIELD SITE : M & E Plinth


AIRFIELD SITE : M & E Plinth


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 03/21


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 09/27


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 15/33


AIRFIELD SITE : Shipdham Flying Club


AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways


BUILDING 16 : Turret Instructional Building


BUILDING 30a : Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 30b : Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 30c : Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed


BUILDING 50 : MT Sheds, Offices & Yard​


BUILDING 56 : Norden Bomb Sight Store


BUILDING 57 : Control Tower / Watch Office with Met Section​

Sadly the Control Tower at Shipdham was demolished in October 2023.

BUILDING 57 : Control Tower / Watch Office with Met Section​ Walkthrough Video

A walkthrough of the Shipdham Airfield Control Tower - 15 October 2011

BUILDING 58 : Fire Tender Shelter


BUILDING 70 : Incendiary Bomb & Pyrotechnic Stores


COMMUNAL SITE No.1

COMMUNAL SITE No.1 : Air Raid Shelter


BUILDING 18a : Standby Set House


BUILDING 19 : High Level Water Tank


BUILDING 19 : Oil Store


BUILDING 20 : Borehole Pump House


COMMUNAL SITE No.2

BUILDING 11 : Boiler House


SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS SITE No.1

 BUILDING 1 : Tool Shed


STATION SICK QUARTERS SITE

BUILDING 7 : Ambulance Garage & Mortuary​


SITE No.5

BUILDING 1 : Picket Post


BUILDING 4c : Airmens Barrack Hut


BUILDING 6c : Airmens Barrack Hut


BUILDING 8 : Officers Ablutions & Latrines​


BUILDING 13 : Airmens Latrines


BUILDING 15 : Sergeants & Airmens Ablutions Block​


BUILDING 18 : Fuel Compound


SITE No.6

BUILDING 11 : Sergeants & Airmens Ablutions Block​


WAAF COMMNAL SITE

BUILDING 1 : Picket Post


BUILDING 2a : Barrack Block


BUILDING 2c : Barrack Block


BUILDING 2d : Barrack Block


BUILDING 2e : Barrack Block


BUILDING 3 : Bath, Latrine & Ablution Block


BUILDING 4 : Officers Quarters & Mess


BUILDING 6 : Institute & Sergeants Recreation Room​


BUILDING 7 : Dining Room & Sergeants Mess​


BUILDING 8 : NAAFI Quarters


BUILDING 10 : WAAF Sick Quarters Extension​


WAAF COMMUNAL SITE : Blast Shelter

LOCATED AT : ​52.615230, 0.940405
EDOFBID : ​e36080

WIRELESS TRANSMITTER SITE

WIRELESS TRANSMITTER SITE : Entrance


MEMORIALS AT SHIPDHAM

MEMORIAL SITE : 44th Bomb Group Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : All Saints Church


MEMORIAL SITE : Flying Eightball Group Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : Shipdham Airfield Memorial Garden


MEMORIAL SITE : Shipdham Airfield Memorial Plaque

HISTORIC RECORD

MEMORIAL SITE : Shipdham Airfield Memorial Plaque (New Location)


MEMORIAL SITE : Shipdham Cemetery

Buried in this Cemetery are:
​Sergeant Ronald Desmond Game (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)

MEMORIAL SITE : Shipdham Memorial Trees


MEMORIAL SITE : The Kings Cafe


MUSEUM SITE

MUSEUM SITE : 44th Bomb Group Museum

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All photos taken by Richard E Flagg unless stated otherwise.
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