A worker spraying recently laid material during the construction of a runway at Wattisham Airfield

Date:
1950
Location:
Raf Wattisham Airfield, Ringshall, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk
Reference:
JLP01/01/012/69
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

A new runway was built at RAF Wattisham with Laing starting work there in November 1949. The runway was 2000 yards long.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/012 RAF airfields at Wattisham, Gaydon, Coltishall and Scampton; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Royal Air Force Base, Mid 20th Century Airfield, Mid 20th Century Runway, Construction, People At Work