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It used to be the airbase's school > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/538731 when RAF Coltishall was still an active airfield. The base was closed in 2006. Pupil Referral Units can be public units or managed by private companies. They provide education for children who are sick, excluded from or otherwise unable to attend a mainstream school.

It used to be the airbase's school > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/538731 when RAF Coltishall was still an active airfield. The base was closed in 2006. Pupil Referral Units can be public units or managed by private companies. They provide education for children who are sick, excluded from or otherwise unable to attend a mainstream school.

This used to be the RAF Coltishall community's school, which is named after one of its most famous fighter pilots, Douglas Bader. When the airfield was closed it was sold off together with all the other buildings.

Badersfield is named after Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader who for some time was based here during WW2. The houses once used to accommodate personnel stationed at RAF Coltishall until the airbase was closed in November 2006.

The stone remembers those that never returned as well as the uniqueness of RAF Coltishall in that from its inception until its closure it was always a fighter station. Work on RAF Coltishall was started in February 1939. The airfield, then known as Scottow Aerodrome and originally planned as a bomber airfield opened as a fighter airfield in the Second World War and afterwards, a station for night fighters then Strike Command aircraft until closure. During the Second World War, Coltishall operated the Hawker Hurricane, and a notable Coltishall fighter pilot was Douglas Bader. It later became home to night fighters. At the same time, the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm operated aircraft from RAF Coltishall over the North Sea. From 10 February to 7 April 1945 it was the airfield for No. 124 Squadron RAF, at that time a fighter-bomber squadron flying Supermarine Spitfire IX.HF's. Postwar, the station was home to a variety of units and aircraft including de Havilland Mosquitoes, Gloster Javelins, English Electric Lightnings and - from 1963 - the "Historic Aircraft Flight" (now known as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight). The last Lightnings left Coltishall in 1974, and were replaced by the Anglo-French SEPECAT Jaguar. The first Jaguar squadron, No. 54 Squadron RAF, arrived at Coltishall on 8 August 1974. Coltishall was also home to the yellow Search And Rescue (SAR) helicopters of 202 Sqn. Finally closed in 30 November 2006 and handed over to Defence Estates.

The stone remembers those that never returned as well as the uniqueness of RAF Coltishall in that from its inception until its closure it was always a fighter station.

Badersfield is named after Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader who for some time was based here during WW2. The memorial, funded by the Ministry of Justice, was dedicated on 22 November 2010. The security fencing seen in the background surrounds HMP Bure, a category C men's prison. Six cherry trees, replacing the six original trees planted in front of the old Airmen's Mess which is now in the grounds of the prison, were planted in memory of the personnel of number 41 Squadron who perished during a coach accident in Germany in 1983. The four benches grouped in front of the memorial stone commemorate the last serving Jaguar Squadrons Nos 6, 16, 41 and 54.

Badersfield is named after Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader who for some time was based here during WW2. The memorial, funded by the Ministry of Justice, was dedicated on 22 November 2010. The security fencing seen in the background surrounds HMP Bure, a category C men's prison. Six cherry trees, replacing the six original trees planted in front of the old Airmen's Mess which is now in the grounds of the prison, were planted in memory of the personnel of number 41 Squadron who perished during a coach accident in Germany in 1983. The four benches grouped in front of the memorial stone commemorate the last serving Jaguar Squadrons Nos 6, 16, 41 and 54.