NHER 10860 (Monument record) - Fersfield World War Two airfield

Airfield.
World War Two.
Most of perimeter track and dispersal areas survive as farm roads, but runways largely gone.
One hangar.
Ruins of huts.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 7 October 1981.

This airfield was constructed in 1943 specifically for American use, and eventually opened in June 1944. This site was used to launch radio-controlled drone aircraft packed with explosives, a mission code-named Aphrodite. The airfield was handed over to the RAF at the end of 1944 and finally closed in 1945. A few buildings remain at the site.
For further information on the operational history of the airfield and photographs of remaining buildings, see (S1).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 13 January 2010.

February 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
Upstanding structures associated with Fersfield World War Two airfield are still visible on recent (2024) aerial photographs (S2). Features such as the site of former dispersal pens are also visible as earthworks on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2021 (S3).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 10 February 2026