RAF Weybourne | |||||||||
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| Norwich, Norfolk in England | |||||||||
.jpg) Weybourne airfield in 2012 | |||||||||
  RAF Weybourne Shown within Norfolk | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°57′02″N 1°07′17″E / 52.9505°N 1.1215°E | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1939 | ||||||||
| In use | 1939-1942[1] | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
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RAF Weybourne was a Second World War anti-aircraft establishment. 'X' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit were based at the station between 16 May and 14 September 1939, with 'T' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit there between 25 February and 29 April 1942. No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit were based there between 7 December 1942 and 30 November 1943.[2]
Associated with the anti-aircraft gunnery, the station operated the de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee target drone aircraft, a radio-controlled target tug version of the Tiger Moth II.
- ^ "Weybourne". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ RAF Web: Stations W