DOWNHAM MARKET

County

Pundit Code

Norfolk

DO

General Information

Facilities

Opened

July 1942

Runways

3 Concrete

Closed

24 October 1946

Hangers

2 – Type T2, 1 – Type B1

Elevation

117

feet

 

 

Contractor

Various

 

 

Squadrons and Units

Sqn/Unit

Group

From

To

Aircraft

218 Sqn

3 GP

10/07/42

07/03/44

Stirling I, III

623 Sqn

3 GP

10/08/43

06/12/43

Stirling III

215 Sqn

3 GP

01/12/43

17/10/43

Stirling III

625 Sqn

8 GP

20/03/44

01/09/45

Lancaster III, VI

608 Sqn

8 GP

01/08/44

24/08/45

Mosquito XVI, XX, XXV

Points of Interest

Opened as satellite to Marham July 1942

Raised to full station status March 1944

F/Sgt. A.A. Arron, DFM, 218 Sqn, awarded posthumous VC, Turin 12/13 August 1943

S/L I.W. Bazalgette, DFC, 635 Sqn, awarded posthumous VC, Trossy St. Maxim 04 August 1944

Station Memorial

Unknown