Swanton Morley, Norfolk
Swanton Morley / Robertson Barracks
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September 1940
2003 Army (Robertson Barracks) N/A N/A N/A 18 May 2024 N/A N/A |
AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Swanton Morley Airfield
AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield ID Letters
AIRFIELD SITE : Articulated Vehicle Shed
AIRFIELD SITE : Central Heating Station
AIRFIELD SITE : Community Centre
AIRFIELD SITE : Dining Room & Institute
AIRFIELD SITE : Fighter Station Operations Block
AIRFIELD SITE : Hangar / T2 Type Hangar
AIRFIELD SITE : Night Flying Equipment Store
AIRFIELD SITE : Guard House & Fire Party
AIRFIELD SITE : Officers Mess
AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 06/24
AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 09/27
AIRFIELD SITE : Signal Square
AIRFIELD SITE : Spigot Mortar
LOCATED AT : 52.73533300, 0.95740200
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AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways
AIRFIELD SITE : Type FW3/22 Pillbox
LOCATED AT : 52.72757800, 0.95015100
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AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown
BUILDING 7 : Control Tower / Watch Office
BUILDING 8 : Fire Tender Shed
BUILDING 9 : Main Stores
BUILDING 11 : Latrine
BUILDING 16 : Turret Instructional Block
BUILDING 17 : Practice Bomb Store & Gas Chamber
BUILDING 18 : 25 Yard Machine Gun Range
BUILDING 20 : Unknown
BUILDING 22 : Lubricant & Inflammables Store
BUILDING 26 : Armoury
BUILDING 34 : Main Workshops
BUILDING 38 : Link Trainer Building
BUILDING 39A : Unknown
BUILDING 40 : MT Sheds & Yard
BUILDING 41 : Articulated Vehicle Shed
BUILDING 44 : Works Services Buildings
BUILDING 47 : Sergeants Mess
BUILDING 49 : Sergeants Garages
BUILDING 51 : Barrack Block
BUILDING 58 : Ration Store
BUILDING 59 : Garages
BUILDING 60A : Sports Pavilion
BUILDING 61 : Squash Court 1
BUILDING 61A : Squash Court 2
BUILDING 62 : Standby Set House
BUILDING 64 : Station Sick Quarters & Decontamination Annexe
BUILDING 64A : Station Church of St Michael & All Angels
BUILDING 65 : Ambulance Garage & Mortuary
BUILDING 67 : Station Headquarters
BUILDING 75 : Unknown
BUILDING 99 : Unknown
BUILDING 100 : Unknown
COMMUNAL SITE : Gymnasium & Chancel
MEMORIAL SITE : All Saints Church
Buried in this Churchyard are:
Flight Sergeant Benjamin Gordon Blinch (Royal Air Force)
Sig. IV. Alan Harry Chew (Royal Air Force)
Flight Sergeant George Thomas Coubrough (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Pilot Officer Alfred B Davies (Royal Air Force)
Cadet Signaller John Fidelis Francis Fuchter (Royal Air Force)
Flight Sergeant Bernard Fullerton (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Flight Sergeant Milton George Gordon (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Peter J Gowen (Royal Air Force)
Aircraftman 1st Class Henry Graham (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer Harold Patterson Hall (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Everard Howard Hawken (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Leading Aircraftman R Johnson (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Sidney Leonard Ley (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Ian Alistair MacDonald (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Chief Technician Brian R MacMillan (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer Douglas Bernhardt Mollgaard (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Flying Officer PatrickClaude Nangle (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Stephen Harry Robinson (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Flying Officer John Rogers (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Harold Ryding Smith (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Corporal Hugh Jonathan Spencer (Radley College Cadet Force)
Wing Commander James Patrick Spillane (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer Herbert John Thiele (Royal Australian Air Force)
Flight Sergeant Benjamin Gordon Blinch (Royal Air Force)
Sig. IV. Alan Harry Chew (Royal Air Force)
Flight Sergeant George Thomas Coubrough (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Pilot Officer Alfred B Davies (Royal Air Force)
Cadet Signaller John Fidelis Francis Fuchter (Royal Air Force)
Flight Sergeant Bernard Fullerton (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Flight Sergeant Milton George Gordon (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Peter J Gowen (Royal Air Force)
Aircraftman 1st Class Henry Graham (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer Harold Patterson Hall (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Everard Howard Hawken (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Leading Aircraftman R Johnson (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Sidney Leonard Ley (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Ian Alistair MacDonald (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Chief Technician Brian R MacMillan (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer Douglas Bernhardt Mollgaard (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Flying Officer PatrickClaude Nangle (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Stephen Harry Robinson (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Flying Officer John Rogers (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Harold Ryding Smith (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Corporal Hugh Jonathan Spencer (Radley College Cadet Force)
Wing Commander James Patrick Spillane (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer Herbert John Thiele (Royal Australian Air Force)
MEMORIAL SITE : Chris Wilkins Memorial
HISTORIC RECORD
Since these photos were taken the memorial garden has been cleared, it is not known what has happened to the plaques.
MEMORIAL SITE : Liberator Close
Liberator Close is named as a tribute to the Consolidated B-24H Liberator (41-29402) 'The Mad Monk' that crashed in the field behind the houses on 25 July 1944. The aircraft was from the 786th Bombardment Squadron of the 466th Bombardment Group based at nearby Attlebridge Airfield. Fortunately all the crew survived.
MEMORIAL SITE : Light Dragoon War Memorial & Gardens, Robertson Barracks
MISCELLANEOUS : RAF 100 Heritage Arts Trail
