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RNAS Pulham
RNAS Pulham
	Looking North east at the R-33 at its mooring mast at RNAS Pulham circa 1921. Shed 2 is on the left and shed 1 is on the right. The hydrogen storage tanks can be seen behind.
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Summary
Airport type	Military: Airship station
Operator	Royal Navy, RAF
Location	Pulham St Mary
In use	1915 - 1948
Elevation AMSL	138 ft / 42 m
Map
	RNAS Pulham Location in Norfolk

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RNAS Pulham (later RAF Pulham) was an Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) airship station, near Pulham St Mary 18 mi (29 km) south of Norwich, UK. Though land was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1912 the site was not operational until 1915. From 1918 to 1958, the unit was a Royal Air Force establishment.

History

Pulham was one of the main British airship stations, with more than 3,000 men on the base at the end of the First World War. Initially it was used for airships that operated patrols over the North Sea (such as the Coastal and SS types) until their areas were taken over by seaplanes.

The R34 landed at RNAS Pulham to complete the first two-way flown crossing of the Atlantic in July 1919.

After the loss of the R101 in 1930 and the end of British airships when the station was moved on to a care and maintenance basis only.^[1]

In its heyday Pulham had its own hydrogen plant, one small and two large airship sheds (one was later moved to Cardington base in 1930, the other was scrapped in 1948) and a permanent mooring mast.^[2]

During World War II, Pulham Air Station was used as an aircraft salvage yard for the eastern England, with several huge dumps of scrapped aircraft. The resultant contamination of the land is visible even today. The RAF used Pulham for storage and Maintenance Unit work until closure in 1958.

References

External links

[1] "Airship Heritage Trust".

[2] "Pulham St Mary web site".

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-'''RNAS Pulham''' (later '''RAF Pulham''') was an [[Royal Navy Air Service]] (RNAS) airship station, {{Convert|18|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Norwich]], UK. Though land was purchased by the [[Royal Navy|Navy]] in 1912 the site was not operational until 1915.  From 1918 to 1958, the unit was an RAF establishment.
+'''RNAS Pulham''' (later '''RAF Pulham''') was an [[Royal Navy Air Service]] (RNAS) airship station, near [[Pulham St Mary]] {{Convert|18|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Norwich]], UK. Though land was purchased by the [[Royal Navy]] in 1912 the site was not operational until 1915.  From 1918 to 1958, the unit was a [[Royal Air Force]] establishment.
+==History==
-Pulham was one of the main UK airship stations, with more than 3,000 men on the base, until the demise of the [[R101]] in 1930 when the station was moved on to a care and maintenance basis only.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/sheds/Pulham.htm|title=Airship Heritage Trust}}</ref>
+Pulham was one of the main British airship stations, with more than 3,000 men on the base at the end of the First World War. Initially it was used for airships that operated patrols over the North Sea (such as the [[Coastal class blimp|Coastal]] and [[SS class blimp|SS]] types) until their areas were taken over by seaplanes.
+The [[R33 class airship#R34|R34]] landed at RNAS Pulham to complete the first two-way flown crossing of the Atlantic in July 1919.
-In its heyday Pulham had its own [[hydrogen]] plant, one small and two large airship sheds (one was moved to [[RAF Cardington|Cardington]] in 1930, the other scrapped in 1948) and a permanent mooring mast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pennoyers.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=172|title=Pulham St Mary web site}}</ref>
+After the loss of the [[R101]] in 1930 and the end of British airships when the station was moved on to a care and maintenance basis only.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/sheds/Pulham.htm|title=Airship Heritage Trust}}</ref>
-The [[R34 (airship)|R34]] landed at RNAS Pulham to complete the first two-way flown crossing of the Atlantic in July 1919.
+In its heyday Pulham had its own [[hydrogen]] plant, one small and two large airship sheds (one was later moved to [[RAF Cardington|Cardington base]] in 1930, the other was scrapped in 1948) and a permanent mooring mast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pennoyers.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=172|title=Pulham St Mary web site}}</ref>
-During World War II, Pulham Air Station was used as an aircraft salvage yard for the [[East of England]], with several huge dumps of scrapped aircraft.  The resultant contamination of the land is visible even today.  The [[RAF]] used Pulham for storage and Maintenance Unit work until closure in 1958.
+During World War II, Pulham Air Station was used as an aircraft salvage yard for the eastern England, with several huge dumps of scrapped aircraft.  The resultant contamination of the land is visible even today.  The [[RAF]] used Pulham for storage and Maintenance Unit work until closure in 1958.
 == See also ==
 *[[RNAS Howden]]
-*[[Pulham St Mary]]
 ==References==
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 ==Further reading==
-*{{Cite book | last = Gordon K. Kinsey| first = | coauthors = | title = Pulham Pigs | publisher =  Terence Dalton| year = 1988 | pages = 176 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0861380503 }}
+*{{Cite book | last = Gordon K. Kinsey| first = | coauthors = | title = Pulham Pigs | publisher =  Terence Dalton| year = 1988 | | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0861380503 }}
 ==External links==