RAF Feltwell
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Royal Air Force Feltwell or more simply RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is used by the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. The station is located about 10 miles west of Thetford, and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk at approximate Ordnance Survey grid reference TL 715 900. A former Second World War bomber station, the airfield is used as a housing estate for United States Air Force personnel stationed nearby at RAF Mildenhall.
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RAF Feltwell | |
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Near Feltwell, Norfolk in England | |
Coordinates | 52°28′46″N 000°31′09″E |
Type | RAF station (US Visiting Forces) |
Area | 137 hectares (340 acres)[1] |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | United States Air Force |
Controlled by | US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa |
Condition | Operational |
Site history | |
Built | 1936 (1936) |
In use | 1937–1966 (Royal Air Force) 1960s – present (US Air Force) |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | 73rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron (Detachment) |
Airfield information | |
Elevation | 16 metres (52 ft) AMSL |
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