Monument record FLN 073 - Flixton Airfield - Site of Communal Site no.3.

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Summary

A pair of permanent military camps associated with the Second World War airfield at Bungay is visible on aerial photographs of 1944 as a complex of structures to the north-east of Flixton Hall, Flixton parish

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 30951 86426 (283m by 259m)
Map sheet TM38NW
Civil Parish FLIXTON (NEAR BUNGAY), WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

A pair of permanent military camps associated with the Second World War airfield at Bungay is visible on aerial photographs of 1944 as a complex of structures centred on circa TM 309864, 750 metres to the north-east of Flixton Hall, Flixton parish (S1). The precise function of the site is not known but a use as accommodation or suchlike is probable. It was not possible to transcribe the camp in detail due to the poor clarity of the photograph.

Site of Second World War Bungay aerodrome Communal Site no.3 The site was comprised the following: Officers Mess, Officers Shower Block, Sergeants Shower Block, Boiler House, Commanding Officers Quarters, Sergeants Mess, Tailors, Show & Barbers, Institute, Airman's Showers, ablution, decontamination, Fuel Compound, Airman's Latrine, Barrack block, Transformer Plint, Dining Room, Ration Store, Ration Breakdown Store, Grocery & Local produce (Type 601-800 with staff quarters) Education Block, Gymnasium, Squash Court, Picket Post. The surviving remains was surveyed as part of The Eighth in the East project (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Photograph: USAAF. USAAF Air Photograph. US 7PH/GP/LOC 258 28/MAR/1944.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Cuthbert, M.. 2016. Eighth in the East Site Recording Forms - Bungay airfield.

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Record last edited

Aug 26 2025 4:05PM

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