Royal Air Force East Wretham or more simply RAF East Wretham is a former Royal Air Force station located 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Thetford, Norfolk, England.
Engine testing on a Lancaster B Mark II of 115 Squadron at RAF East Wretham, 1943
Control tower at RAF East Wretham
Captain Wilbur C. Ziegler, station Chaplain, leads pilots of the 359th Fighter Group in prayer at East Wretham.
Republic P-47D-5-RE Thunderbolts of the 359th Fighter Group. Foreground is Serial 42-8596 "Marryin' Sam" of the 368th Fighter Squadron.
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. It was the RAF's only Czechoslovak-manned medium and heavy bomber squadron. It suffered the heaviest losses of any Czechoslovak formation in the RAF. In the Second World War 511 Czechoslovaks serving in Allied air forces were killed. Of these 273 (53%) died while serving with 311 Squadron.
Three 311 Squadron Wellington Mk IC medium bombers over Norfolk in March 1941
Wellington Mk IC L7842 after being captured in 1941. Its RAF roundels had been replaced with German crosses, but at this stage it still carried its RAF number and call sign.
A 311 Squadron flight crew with their Wellington bomber at RAF East Wretham in Norfolk
The German blockade runner Alsterufer burning after being attacked by Plt Off Oldřich Doležal's Liberator V
