RAF Downham Market

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RAF Downham Market
Downham Market, Norfolk in England
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Coordinates	52°36′33″N 000°24′26″E / 52.60917°N 0.40722°E / 52.60917; 0.40722
Type	Royal Air Force station * Satellite station 1942-44 * Parent station 1944-46[1]
Code	DO[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 8 (PFF) Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)/42
Built by	W. & C. French Ltd
In use	July 1942 – October 1946
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	36 metres (118 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00 1,730 metres (5,676 ft) Concrete 00/00 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete 00/00 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete

Royal Air Force Downham Market, or more simply RAF Downham Market, was a Royal Air Force station in the west of the county of Norfolk, England which operated during the second half of the Second World War.