Pentney
PENTNEY: Military Relief Landing Ground
Military user: RAF (Royal Air Force)
RLG for MARHAM, other sources say it was a Dispersal Airfield
(Used by Vickers Wellingtons)
Location: Roughly 1nm S of the A47, just SW of Pentney village, 6nm SSE to SE of Kings Lynn
Period of operation: 1939 to 1941 only?
NOTES: One local history source states it was a Dispersal Airfield for RAF MARHAM, situated in fields just E of Abbey Field Farm.
Since starting research for this 'Guide' roughly about twenty years ago, (2019), I have been amazed how, very often, so little information seems readily available on the inter-web. But, I need to keep reminding myself, the internet itself is a fairly recent development.
Most of my information still comes from books, and I still rely very much on my local library to source these. The library service we have in the U.K. is a marvel, and my local library is certainly very popular. What a welcome contrast to the local library I had as a youngster - (about sixty years ago) - a most forbidding place to visit. It felt as if even the noise resulting in opening the door to enter was a violation of the sanctum!
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