RAF Bacton is a former

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landing field, built to accommodate aircraft intercepting

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bombers during the

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A unit to use Bacton was a detachment of

No. 219 Squadron RAF No. 219 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was founded in 1918 and disbanded in 1957 after four separate periods of service. During the First World War it served as a coastal defence unit, and through most of the Second World War and the 1950s it op ...

between 22 July 1918 and March 1919 with various aircraft along with No. 470 (Fighter) Flight. A hangar from RAF Bacton was relocated to

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after the closure of the airfield, where it became a garage workshop. This building was damaged in high winds, but an attempt to save the roof failed to salvage the structure, which was demolished in April 2007.Eastern Daily Press, Airfield enthusiasts fail to save hangar
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