RAF Great Massingham

Royal Air Force Great Massingham or more simply RAF Great Massingham is a former Royal [Air Force station] located southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk and east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
The airfield was built as a satellite airfield of RAF West Raynham in 1940 but was upgraded to a parent station on 3 June 1944. The airfield closed in 1945, although remained in use for storage until 1958.

History

The following units were posted here at some point:

No. [18 Squadron RAF] 1940–41
No. [90 Squadron RAF] 1941
No. [107 Squadron RAF] 1941
No. 342 (GB I/20 'Lorraine') Squadron RAF 1943
No. [169 Squadron RAF] 1944–45
No. 16 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
No. 1482 Gunnery Flight
No. 1692 (Radar Development) Flight RAF became No. 1692 (Bomber Support) [Training Flight RAF]
No. [1694 (Target Towing) Flight RAF] became No. 1694 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF
No. 4109 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
No. 4303 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
Central Fighter Establishment

Current use

The airfield was sold in 1958 and returned to agricultural use. The runways remained, however, although the control tower was demolished, and the airfield was reactivated for aviation by O.C. Brun Esq.