Report - RAF Sculthorpe Pumphouse and Telephone exchange September 2024

[The Young One]

History

RAF Sculthorpe was built between the villages of Sculthorpe (to its east) and Syderstone (to its west-north-west) as the second satellite airfield of RAF West Raynham (itself a few miles to the south), the first satellite airfield being RAF Great Massingham. Work began on Sculthorpe in the spring of 1942, and the airfield was laid out as one of only two Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy bomber airfields (the other was the nearby RAF Marham), with the familiar wartime triangular three runway layout expanded by 50 per cent, the main runway being 9,000 feet (2,743 metres) long (compared to the standard 6,000 feet (1,829 metres)) and the subsidiary runways being 6,000 feet (compared to around 4,000 feet (1,219 metres). The work involved construction of the concrete runways, dispersals site, mess facilities, and accommodation. Much of the work was completed by Irish labour working for the company Bovis Construction. If anyone has any info on what the pump is please let me know.

All photos are With my nikon d3200 and kit lens.

One for @Mikeymutt

And now thelittle pumphouse

Cheers for viewing Guys

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Very nice that

 

[Els]

Do like a nice exchange

 

[Wastelandr]

Nice report mate, they're getting better every time! That pumphouse looks great, I bet the pump people are keen on getting in there 👀 @dansgas1000 @JakeV50

 

[Mikeymutt]

Nice report mate, they're getting better every time! That pumphouse looks great, I bet the pump people are keen on getting in there 👀 @dansgas1000 @JakeV50

It's well locked up with thick wire. Another one sits on the road, you can not even get near it as I tried when I last went, brambles and stuff four times the height of me.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Nice toilet mate. Still shocks me whole ones still exist here 🤣

 

[tigger]

About the only thing going for the pump is that Samuel Stothoff ones aren't particularly common in the UK (well, except at USAFE stations due to their insistence on supporting the economy back home rather than their host nations).

Many out of focus images - concentrate on camera settings and take a moment to compose, align and shoot.

 

[The Young One]

Very nice that

Thanks mate

Do like a nice exchange

It is quite nice and surprisingly not that beat up

Nice report mate, they're getting better every time! That pumphouse looks great, I bet the pump people are keen on getting in there 👀 @dansgas1000 @JakeV50

Cheers mate I am trying lol. Pump off with these bloody jokes lol.

Nice toilet mate. Still shocks me whole ones still exist here 🤣

Thought you'd like it is quite surprising as there are holes in the floor and missing walls just round the corner.

About the only thing going for the pump is that Samuel Stothoff ones aren't particularly common in the UK (well, except at USAFE stations due to their insistence on supporting the economy back home rather than their host nations).

Many out of focus images - concentrate on camera settings and take a moment to compose, align and shoot.

Cheers for the info sorry about the pics mate I had no tripod then