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    RAF Coltishall - Wikipedia

    • Royal Air Force Coltishall more commonly known as RAF Coltishall (IATA: CLF, ICAO: EGYC) is a former Royal Air Force station located 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-north-east of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia, which operated from 1939 to 2006. It was a fighter airfield in the Second World War and afterwards, a station for night fighters, then grou… See more

    History

    Work on RAF Coltishall was started in February 1939; 85 years ago . The airfield, then known as Scottow Aerodrome, was … See more

    Coltishall squadrons

    • No. 1 Squadron RAF; Spitfire LFIXb, F21
    • No. 6 Squadron RAF; Jaguar GR1/1A/1B, T2/T2A, GR3/3A, T4/T4A (November 1974 – April 2006)
    • No. 16 Squadron RAF (? – March 2005) (Squadron Standard now laid up in Notre … See more

    Redevelopment

    The former married quarters were transferred to the MoD's preferred property agents, Annington Homes, who started a lengthy process of upgrading the former military housing into civilian houses for sale on the ope… See more

    What was RAF Coltishall known for?
    In the 1950s, RAF Coltishall was a designated a "V-Bomber dispersal airfield", which V bombers (the British nuclear deterrent) - the Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant - could use in the event of their home station being damaged by enemy action.
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    Heritage

    RAF Coltishall's badge, awarded in January 1953, features a fortified tower with a clenched gauntlet holding three blue arrows (bind bolts). The tower relates to the strength in defence of the station. The gauntlet an… See more

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  1. heraldry-wiki.com
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    Coat of arms (crest) of RAF Station Coltishall, Royal Air …

    Issuant from a tower a mailed gauntlet holding three birdbolts. Motto: Aggressive in defence. The Tower symbolises the Strenght of Defence of the Station and the Guntlet and Birdbolts signifies the aggressive spirit of the Fighter Aircraft …

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    Coat of arms (crest) of RAF Station Coltishall, Royal Air Force

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    Category:RAF Station crests - Wikipedia

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    File:RAF Coltishall Station and Squadron Crests on Hangar.jpg

  5. Images of RAF Coltishall crest

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    RAF Coltishall | Military Wiki | Fandom

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    Arms (crest) of RAF Station Coltishall, Royal Air Force.jpg

  8. closingthegates.blogspot.com
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    Closing The Gates: The History of RAF Coltishall

  9. rafcoltishallheritagecentre.co.uk
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    RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre

    Initiated by an enthusiastic group of ex-station personnel and volunteers in June 2021, the RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre highlights the incredible 66 year history of a much loved and …

  10. War Memorials Online
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    RAF Coltishall - War Memorials Online

    Feb 3, 2015 · About the memorial: A large rough hewn stone block with flat front and rear faces. The Royal Air Force Coltishall station badge appears on the front, above an incised dedicatory inscription picked out in light sky blue.