NHER 2174 (Monument record) - Little Snoring World War Two airfield

A World War Two airfield, opened in July 1943 as a satellite to Foulsham. It was initially used by Lancaster bombers, and later by Mosquitoes and Beaufighters in bombing support operations. After the war it was used as a maintenance base and then for target aircraft training. From 1953 to 1963, the United States Army Air Force used it for storage before it was finally closed as a miltary base. The airfield has since been in private civilian use, most of the runways having been broken up, though some buildings remain. A sunken battle headquarters, designed to coordinate airfield defences in the event of an attack, stood to the west of the control tower, but this was demolished in about 1989. There is a small museum dedicated to the airfield's wartime history, and the local church (NHER 2155) has boards of the time recording hits made on enemy aircraft and decorations awarded to aircrew.