How the aerodrome once looked and how it looks now is a collection of photos compiled by the author and memorial creator Chris Coverdale over 30-plus years of passion for the airfield and the squadrons stationed there. These photos aim to increase awareness of RAF Downham Market's history. Now, transformed back into farmland, it is, without the aid of these historical photos, very hard to understand how the place once looked as an RAF Bomber Station. If you look closely enough, some of the former base buildings are still there, 80-plus years on, and their survival highlights the site's enduring legacy. As you walk around the old aerodrome, on the tarmac and gravel roads that once were the perimeter tracks used by countless Stirlings, Lancasters, and Mosquitoes during WWII, the history of RAF Downham Market becomes evident. Sadly, none of the three concrete ways remains, except for a tiny section by the airfield memorial, which was once the start of the mainway.
Aerial Drone photo shows the former RAF Downham Market with the scars of the runways still visible in 2024
Airfield Technical Site, now Bexwell Industrial site, was acquired in 2024.
Airfield Technical Site, now Bexwell Industrial site, was acquired in 2000. Copyright Chris Coverdale
