North Pickenham

We had a little drive out on Boxing Day from where we were staying in Thetford to take in the Desert Rats Trail on the road to Swaffham. A bit further up the road is the former North Pickenham airfield, another Liberator base in WWII. Home initially to the 492nd Bombardment Group but later the 491st after the former had suffered heavy losses. Post war uses included testing of the Hawker P1127 (which ultimately became the Harrier) and as a Thor missile site. However the airfield finally closed in 1967 and turkey sheds have now been erected along the lines of the runways. This does make the lines of the runways easy to see, or would have if it hadn't been so foggy, but access is limited.

There is a memorial to the airfield on what was the mess site during the war.