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Coordinates:52°30′40″N001°25′02″E / 52.51111°N 1.41722°E /52.51111; 1.41722

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Civil airfield in Norfolk, England

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Seething Airfield

Aerial photograph of RAF Seething in 1945

IATA:none
ICAO:EGSJ

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Wingtask 1995 Ltd.

Location

Mundham, Norwich

Elevation AMSL

130 ft / 40 m

Coordinates

52°30′40″N001°25′02″E / 52.51111°N 1.41722°E /52.51111; 1.41722

Map

EGSJ

Location in Norfolk

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
06/24	800	2,625	Asphalt

Seething Airfield (ICAO:EGSJ), formerlyRAF Seething,^[1] is located 9 NM (17 km; 10 mi) south southeast ofNorwich, East Anglia, England.

Seething Airfield (EGSJ)^[2] is a privately owned airfield inNorfolk, England and is home to the Waveney Flying Group. Situated in the village ofMundham, paradoxically just outside ofSeething, south east ofNorwich and just a few miles from the East Coast. The aerodrome is officially open to visitors Saturdays and Sundays from 0900 to around 1700 hrs (sunset in winter).

Founded in 1960, the Waveney Flying Group leased the formerUnited States Army Air Forces (USAAF) airbase from local farmers,^[3] and went on to purchase the land in 1963. Its close proximity to Great Yarmouth meant it saw quite a bit of celebrity use in the 60s and 70s when stars such asThe Hollies,The Rolling Stones andMike and Bernie Winters dropped in. In latter years, the new millennium has seen both the club house and hangars developed culminating with their official opening by Wing Cdr.Ken Wallis MBE in 2001.

References

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^Bowyer, Michael John Frederick (1979).Wartime military Airfields of East Anglia: 1939-1945. Cambridge: Stephens. p. 107.ISBN 0-8505-9335-2.
^"airport and runway data, TAF, METAR, Detailed and original NOTAMs".aviapages.com. Retrieved3 November 2024.
^"Jimmy Hoseason obituary".The Times. No. 69801. 24 November 2009. p. 66.ISSN 0140-0460.In his spare time, Hoseason was a keen pilot and co-founded the Waveney Flying Club at Seething airfield, Norfolk, which had been a base forConsolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the US Air Force [sic] 448th Bomb Group during the Second World War.