Wendling Airfield, 4 miles from East Dereham, was built in 1942 and handed to the United States Army Air Force. It was a heavy bomber field of the 8th air Force and the most northerly USAAF airfield of the 8th. The aircraft operated were B-24 Liberators. The last combat mission was flown on 25th April 1945.
At the end of the war the airfield passed to RAF Maintenance Command and became a stand by field before closing in 1961 and being sold off in 1964 after which it returned to agriculture.
Little of the airfield remains today and access is difficult although the line of the main runway is quite evident due to a tree line and rows of turkey sheds. A memorial has been erected close to the airfield.
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