Seething Airfield , formerly

RAF Seething Royal Air Force Seething or more simply RAF Seething is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Norwich, Norfolk, England, paradoxically just inside of the village of Mundham. History Seething airfield was built in 1942− ...

, is located south southeast of

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the Episcopal see, See of ...

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. Seething Airfield (EGSJ) is a privately owned airfield in

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...

and is home to the Waveney Flying Group. Situated in the village of

Mundham Mundham, historically Mundaham or Mundhala, is a small village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. Archaeological and toponymic evidence of Mundham's existence predates its appearance in the Domesday survey of 1086, dating back to ...

, paradoxically just outside of

Seething Seething is a small village in Norfolk, England, about 9 miles south east of Norwich. Known as 'Seechin' in Tudor England, it covers an area of and had a population of 341 in 141 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 365 ...

, south east of

and just a few miles from the East Coast. The aerodrome is officially open to visitors Saturdays and Sundays from 0900 to around 1700 hrs (sunset in winter). Founded in 1960, the Waveney Flying Group leased the former

USAAF The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

airbase from local farmers and went on to purchase the land in 1963. Its close proximity to Great Yarmouth meant it saw quite a bit of celebrity use in the 60s and 70s when stars such as

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and

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dropped in. In latter years, the new millennium has seen both the club house and hangars developed culminating with their official opening by Wing Cdr.

Ken Wallis Wing Commander Kenneth Horatio Wallis (26 April 1916 – 1 September 2013) was a British aviator, engineer, and inventor. During the Second World War, Wallis served in the Royal Air Force and flew 28 bomber missions over Germany; after the war ...

MBE in 2001.

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Official website of Seething Airfield
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