NHER 23222 (Monument record) - Tibenham Airfield

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Summary

Tibenham Airfield has been used since 1941 - first as a base for the United States Army Air Force, then as a Ministry of Food depot and then again by the United States Army Air Force. It was closed in 1959 and has been used as a glider field since then. The control tower was demolished in 1978.

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Location

Map sheet	TM18NW
Civil Parish	ASLACTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	BUNWELL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	TIBENHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1941-45. United States Army Air Force.
1945. Ferry base.
1946-52. Ministry of Food Depot.
1955-57. United States Army Air Force standby.
1959. Closed since when a glider field.
Control tower demolished 1978.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 22 January 1987.

Site formerly confused with NHER 13628.

For further information on the operational history of the airfield and photographs of remaining buildings, see (S2).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 13 January 2010.

December 2025. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
Sections of removed runway, dispersal pens and perimeter track are visible as soilmarks on multiple years of Google earth imagery (for example S3 and S4)
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 17December 2025

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF77968 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. A passion to unearth flying history. 9 January.
--- SNF81651 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Norfolk's spooky past. 27 October.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF2473 Article in Serial: 1973. Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk. Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. Part 4.
<S2> SNF72780 Monograph: McKenzie, R.. 2004. Ghost Fields of Norfolk. pp 106-107.
<S3> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-1999 Accessed 17-DEC-2025.
<S4> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 23-AUG-2019 Accessed 17-DEC-2025.

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Record last edited

Dec 17 2025 10:59AM