Raf East Wretham

Royal Air Force East Wretham or more simply RAF East Wretham is a former Royal Air Force station located northeast of Thetford, Norfolk, England. HistoryRoyal Air Force useEast Wretham airfield was hurriedly brought into service during the early years of World War II as a satellite airfield with No. 311 (Czech) Squadron dispersed there from RAF Honington on 29 July 1940. A more permanent allocation followed in September. The squadron operated their bombers from the airfield until April 1942 when it transferred to Coastal Command. Later, RAF Bomber Command No. 115 Squadron RAF, operating Vickers Wellington Mk IIIs and later Avro Lancasters, occupied the airfield from November 1942. A plan to turn East Wretham into a "Class A" airfield was not carried through, the bomber unit moved to Little Snoring and the station turned over to the USAAF for fighter operations. United States Army Air Forces useIn October 1943, East Wretham was assigned USAAF designation Station 133 and was allocated to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force. USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF East Wretham were: 85th Service Group 394th and 395th Service Squadrons; HHS 85th Service Group 18th Weather Squadron 49th Station Complement Squadron 1065th Quartermaster Company 1101st Signal Company 1141st Military Police Company 1833rd Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company 2040th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

Royal Air Force East Wretham or more simply RAF East Wretham is a former Royal Air Force station located northeast of Thetford, Norfolk, England. HistoryRoyal Air Force useEast Wretham airfield was hurriedly brought into service during the early years of World War II as a satellite airfield with No. 311 (Czech) Squadron dispersed there from RAF Honington on 29 July 1940. A more permanent allocation followed in September. The squadron operated their bombers from the airfield until April 1942 when it transferred to Coastal Command. Later, RAF Bomber Command No. 115 Squadron RAF, operating Vickers Wellington Mk IIIs and later Avro Lancasters, occupied the airfield from November 1942. A plan to turn East Wretham into a "Class A" airfield was not carried through, the bomber unit moved to Little Snoring and the station turned over to the USAAF for fighter operations. United States Army Air Forces useIn October 1943, East Wretham was assigned USAAF designation Station 133 and was allocated to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force. USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF East Wretham were: 85th Service Group 394th and 395th Service Squadrons; HHS 85th Service Group 18th Weather Squadron 49th Station Complement Squadron 1065th Quartermaster Company 1101st Signal Company 1141st Military Police Company 1833rd Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company 2040th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon