RAF MARHAM

'RAF Marham' is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Marham in Norfolk, England. It houses two Tornado GR4A and two Tornado GR4 squadrons and the No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing.

Contents

History

Wings

Squadrons

Tornado GR4

Tornado GR4A

TAS(Tactical Armament Squadron)

Former squadrons

External links

History

Marham aerodrome was opened in 1916 as a Royal Flying Corps night landing ground within the boundary of the present day aerodrome. The aerodrome was closed in 1919 when the last units moved out.
In 1935 work started on a new airfield, this became active in April 1937, with a resident heavy bomber unit from within 3 Group, RAF Bomber Command. The first squadron, No 38, arrived in May 1937 with Fairey Hendon bombers. In June No. 115 Squadron RAF re-formed at Marham with Handley Page Harrows while 38 Sqn received Wellington I bombers in December 1938, followed in 1939 by 115 Squadron.
Post World War II the airfield was home to RAF units operating the Washington aircraft, the Vickers Valiant and Handley Page Victor. The station is also one of the few large enough for the operation of the Boeing B-52 and a number of these aircraft visited on exercise in the 1970s and 1980s.
No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) formed at Marham on 1 April 2006 encompassing most of the non-formed unit personnel on station. The EAW does not include the flying units at the station. The station commander is dual-hatted as the commander of the wing.

Wings

The following Wings are currently lodged at RAF Marham:

★ Tactical Imagery Intelligence Wing

★ No 3 Force Protection Wing

Squadrons

Tornado GR4

★ No. IX Squadron RAF - Tornado GR4

★ No. 31 Squadron RAF - Tornado GR4

Tornado GR4A

The GR4A is the reconnaissance variant of the Panavia Tornado.

★ No. 2 Squadron RAF - Tornado GR4A

★ No. 13 Squadron RAF - Tornado GR4A

TAS(Tactical Armament Squadron)

★ Mission Statement
To deliver and develop specialist, expeditionary armament capability to support UK defence policy.

Former squadrons

★ No. 12 Squadron RAF 1993-1994 operating Panavia Tornado

★ No. 15 Squadron RAF 1950-1951 operating Avro Lincoln

★ No. 27 Squadron RAF 1983-1993 operating Panavia Tornado

★ No. 35 Squadron RAF 1951-1956 operating Boeing Washington,English Electric Canberra

★ No. 38 Squadron RAF 1937-1940 operating Fairey Hendon, Vickers Wellington

★ No. 39 Squadron RAF 1993-2006 operating English Electric Canberra. Disbanded on 28 July 2006, ending 55 years of RAF Canberra operations.

★ No. 44 Squadron RAF 1946-1951 operating Avro Lincoln, Boeing Washington

★ No. 49 Squadron RAF 1961-1965 operating Vickers Valiant

★ No. 51 Squadron RAF 1917-1919 operating RAF FE.2b

★ No. 55 Squadron RAF 1966-1993 operating Handley Page Victor

★ No. 57 Squadron RAF 1951-1951 operating Avro Lincoln, Boeing Washington

★ No. 90 Squadron RAF 1950-1956 operating Avro Lincoln, Boeing Washington, English Electric Canberra

★ No. 100 Squadron RAF 1976-1982 operating English Electric Canberra

★ No. 105 Squadron RAF 1942-1944 operating De Havilland Mosquito

★ No. 109 Squadron RAF 1943-1944 operating De Havilland Mosquito

★ No. 115 Squadron RAF 1937-1941 operating Fairey Hendon, Handley Page Harrow, Vickers Wellington

★ No. 115 Squadron RAF 1950-1957 operating Avro Lincoln, Boeing Washington, English Electric Canberra

★ No. 139 Squadron RAF 1942-1943 operating De Havilland Mosquito

★ No. 148 Squadron RAF 1956-1965 operating Vickers Valiant

★ No. 149 Squadron RAF 1950-1950 operating Avro Lincoln

★ No. 207 Squadron RAF 1951-1956 operating Boeing Washington, English Electric Canberra

★ No. 207 Squadron RAF 1956-1965 operating Vickers Valiant

★ No. 214 Squadron RAF 1956-1965 operating Vickers Valiant

★ No. 214 Squadron RAF 1966-1977 operating Handley Page Victor

★ No. 218 Squadron RAF 1940-1942 operating Vickers Wellington, Short Stirling

★ No. 242 Squadron RAF 1959-1964 operating Bristol Bloodhound

★ No. 617 Squadron RAF 1983-1994 operating Panavia Tornado GR1

★ No 232 OCU operating Handley Page Victor K2

External links

★ RAF Marham official site

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