RAF Oulton

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Royal Air Force Oulton is located to the west of the market town of Aylsham in Norfolk and was built over 1939 and 1940 as a bomber airfield with T2 type hangars and grass runways, the facility operating as a satellite airfield of nearby RAF Horsham St. Faith between July 1940 and September 1942 after which it operated as a satellite airfield of RAF Swanton Morley.

In September 1943 Oulton was transferred from 2 Group to 3 Group and closed to flying for re-construction as a heavy bomber base with concrete runways, taxiways and parking areas. The work was completed in April of 1944 and the airfield transferred to No. 100 Group RAF.

**RAF Oulton Order of Battle**^[1]
Squadron	Aircraft	Dates at RAF Oulton
114	Blenheim Mk.IV	August 1940 to March 1941
18	Blenheim Mk.IV	April 1941 to July 1941 and December 1941
139	Blenheim Mk.IV and Mosquito Mk.IV	July 1941 to October 1941 and June 1942
1428 Hudson Conversion Flight	Hudson Mk.III	December 1941 to May 1942
114	Blenheim Mk.IV	August 1940 to March 1941
236	Beaufighter Mk.IC	July 1942 to October 1942
88	Boston Mk.III and IIIA	September 1942 to March 1943
21	Ventura Mk.I and II	April 1943 to September 1943
1699 (Bomber Support) C.U.	Fortress Mk.II and III and Liberator B24H	May 1944 to June 1945
214	Fortress Mk.II and IIIA	May 1944 to July 1945
803rd Bomb Squadron USAAF	B-17F and B-17G and B-24H and B-24J	May 1944 to August 1944
223	Fortress Mk.II and III and Liberator B24H	August 1944 to July 1945