Old Buckenham
OLD BUCKENHAM: Military aerodrome later civil private aerodrome
Note: These pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Military user: WW2: 8th USAAF 2nd Bombardment Wing
453rd Bomb Group
732, 733, 734 & 735 Sqdns (B.24 Liberators)
Operated by: Post 1945: J K Avis
1990: Howard Avis Aviation Ltd
2000: Touchdown Aero Centre
Flying school: Post 1945: Touchdown Aero Centre
Maintenance: Post 1945: Norfolk Light Aircraft, Scanrho Aviation, Touchdown Engineering
Location: NE of B1077, 13nm SW of Norwich
Period of operation: Military 1943 to 1945. Civil ? to today
Note: This map is reproduced with the kind permission of Pooleys Flight Equipment Ltd. Copyright Robert Pooley 2014.
Runways: WW2: 07/25 1829x46 hard 02/20 1280x46 hard
13/31 1280x46 hard
1990: 07/25 750x46 hard
1997: 07/25 600x18 hard
2000: 07/25 750x46 hard 07/25 520x18 grass
2001: 07/25 640x18 hard 07/25 520x18 grass
02/20 500x15 grass
NOTES: According to local authority regulations, in the year 2000 microlights and helicopters were prohibited from visiting this aerodrome.
PERSONAL MEMORIES
My first visit to OLD BUCKENHAM was when I flew in from BENTWATERS (SUFFOLK) in the Cessna 172 G-BOEN on the 21st September 2002.
Several years later I was tasked by Touchdown Engineering with moving the DH.82a Tiger Moth G-BLYB and the DHC.1 Chipmunk WP848 (G-BFAW) to and from locations involved in their restoration.
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