RAF Hethel

E197539

former Royal Air Force station

RAF Hethel is a former Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England, best known for its use by the USAAF during World War II and later redevelopment as the site of the Lotus Cars factory and test track.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
RAF Hethel canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former Royal Air Force station ⓘ
bombGroupCommand	2nd Bombardment Division ⓘ
bombGroupNickname	Sky Scorpions ⓘ
bombGroupWing	14th Combat Bombardment Wing ⓘ
builtFor	Royal Air Force ⓘ
closedAsRAFStation	1948 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1942 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentPrimaryOccupant	Lotus Cars ⓘ
currentStatus	automotive manufacturing site ⓘ partly industrial site ⓘ
formerUse	bomber airfield ⓘ
gridReference	approximate TG140000 ⓘ
hasCategory	Royal Air Force stations in Norfolk ⓘ World War II airfields in England ⓘ
hasChapel	389th Bomb Group memorial chapel ⓘ
hasFacility	Lotus test track ⓘ surface form: Lotus test circuit
hasIATAcode	none ⓘ
hasICAOcode	none ⓘ
hasMemorial	389th Bomb Group memorial ⓘ
hasRunwaysLayout	three-runway A‑shaped pattern ⓘ
hasRunwaysSurface	concrete ⓘ
heritage	World War II airfield ⓘ
hostedAircraft	Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ
hostedUnit	389th Bombardment Group ⓘ surface form: 389th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
locatedIn	England ⓘ Norfolk ⓘ
locatedNear	Hethel ⓘ Wymondham ⓘ
nearCity	Norwich ⓘ
notableMission	Ploesti oil refineries raid support operations ⓘ
opened	1942 ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Eighth Air Force ⓘ
postwarUse	dispersal airfield ⓘ storage depot ⓘ
primaryUSAAFUnit	389th Bombardment Group ⓘ
redevelopedAs	Lotus Cars ⓘ surface form: Lotus Cars factory Lotus test track ⓘ
region	East of England ⓘ
runwayType	heavy bomber standard ⓘ
status	closed military airfield ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
USAAFStationNumber	114 ⓘ
usedBy	Allied air forces ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
usedDuring	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hethel, Norfolk, United Kingdom → hasNearbyMilitarySite → RAF Hethel ⓘ