Rackheath
RACKHEATH: Military aerodrome
Aerial view
Note: This picture (2011) was obtained from Google Earth ©
Unlike so many other WW2 airfields, very little evidence remains. The 03/21 runway can still be mostly seen, and at the top of it just a trace of the 08/26 runway. Below the industrial estate one of the dispersals can be seen.
Military user: 8th USAAF 96th Bombardment Wing
467th Bomb Group
788, 789, 790 & 791 Sqdns (Consolidated B-24 Liberators)
Location: E of A1151, SE of Rackeath & NW of Salhouse villages, 5nm NE of Norwich
Period of operation: 1943 to 1945
Runways: 03/21 1829x46 hard 14/32 1280x46 hard
08/26 1280x46 hard
NOTES: It would appear that in late 1944 the standard complement of exactly 2894 personnel required by the 8th USAAF at their bomber bases were on station here.
In 1944 there were 426,000 US Airmen stationed in NORFOLK and SUFFOLK on front line duties plus a great many more elsewhere in the UK.
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