Wretham 'A' Camp from the entrance
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Wretham 'A' Camp from the entrance
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 6 Jul 2016
Now deserted, east Wretham airfield was hurriedly brought into service during the early years of World War II as a satellite airfield with No. 311 (Czech) Squadron dispersed there from RAF Honington in July 1940. No hard runway was ever laid. East Wretham churchyard has 16 graves of those who died while serving at the station. After the war ended, the airfield was briefly used by the RAF as a Polish resettlement camp, and STANTA (Stanford Practical Training Area) finally took over possession until its closure.
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Image Location
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52.474168
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0.828612