RAF Little Snoring

Royal Air Force Station Little Snoring
Active	1943–1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying station
Part of	No. 3 Group RAF No. 100 Group RAF (1944)
near Fakenham	Norwich, Norfolk, England
Royal Air Force Ensign
March	Royal Air Force March Past

Little Snoring Airfield
Avro Lancaster B Mk II
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Military
Location		Little Snoring, Near Fakenham, Norfolk
Elevation AMSL		157 ft / 48 m
Coordinates		52°51′43″N 000°54′52″E
Map
RAF Little Snoring Location in Norfolk
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
01/19	4,200	1,280	concrete
07/25	6,000	1,829	concrete
13/31	4,200	1,280	concrete
Sources: Royal Air Force

RAF Little Snoring was a World War II era RAF Heavy Bomber airfield located just to the north of the Norfolk village of Little Snoring. The airfield remains open for general aviation use

Operational units and aircraft

Squadron	Period	Aircraft
23 Squadron	1944–1945	de Havilland Mosquito VI and XX
115 Squadron	1943	Avro Lancaster II
141 Squadron	1945	de Havilland Mosquito XXX
169 Squadron	1943–1944	de Havilland Mosquito II
515 Squadron	1943–1945	Bristol Beaufighter, de Havilland Mosquito II and VI
1678 HC* Flight	1943	Avro Lancaster II

• "Heavy Conversion"

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Collins, Dick and Jim Halladay. Despite the Elements: The History of Number 115 Squadron, 1917-1982. Brize Norton, UK: Nettlebed Press, 1983.
• Moyes, Philip J.R. Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 2nd edition 1976. ISBN 0-354-01027-1.
• Snoring "RAF Stations - L", Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation, http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-L.htm#Little Snoring