RAF Bircham Newton

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RAF Bircham Newton was a Royal Air Force airfield in the west of the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom.

The site was first used during the First World War and received the largest British bomber of the time, the Handley Page V/1500. They would have carried out bombing missions against Berlin but the Armistice was arranged before any missions were actually flown.

It operated through the Second World War as part of No. 16 Group RAF as part of Coastal Command. No. 206 Squadron RAF was one of the squadrons being based there, on maritime patrol duties. Two satellite airfields, RAF Docking and RAF Langham were opened to accommodate units.

It was used as an airfield until the 1960s but unusually always had grass runways. After closure as an operational airfield, it became the home of the Construction Industry Training Board.