Sculthorpe Training Area, previously Royal Air Force Sculthorpe and commonly abbreviated RAF Sculthorpe, is a training site owned by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). It is approximately 3 miles west of Fakenham in the county of Norfolk in England. It forms part of the Defence Training Estate.
1946 aerial photograph of RAF Sculthorpe depicting the class A airfield design. The main runway (06/24) runs diagonally (bottom-left to top-right), the technical site and bomb dump on the left. The bomb dump was subsequently relocated to a dispersed secure weapon storage area to the north-east of the airfield accessed from near the runway 24 threshold.
47th Bombardment Wing patch
Douglas B-66B-DL Destroyer, serial 55-0309, of the 84th Bomb Squadron, 47th Bomb Wing, at RAF Sculthorpe, circa 1958.
A KB-50J Superfortress of the 420th Air Refueling Squadron from RAF Sculthorpe refuelling two Republic F-105D fighter jets over Germany from the 36th TFW, Bitburg Air Base in West Germany, circa 1950s-1960s.
Royal Air Force West Raynham, or more simply RAF West Raynham, is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of West Raynham, Norfolk and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southwest of Fakenham, Norfolk, England.
Bristol Blenheims were used by squadrons 101 and 114, both based at RAF West Raynham during the Second World War.
Two squadrons of de Havilland Mosquito night fighters were based at RAF West Raynham from 1943.
B-25J in 98 RAF Squadron markings
Hawker Hunter and Gloster Meteor. Two aircraft types that saw post-WW2 operation from West Raynham.
