RAF Folkingham

RAF FOLKINGHAM - DEPARTURE FIELD FOR HQ 1st and HQ 3rd
RAF Folkingham's layout closely resembled that of Saltby as each was designated as a Class A airfield. Like Saltby, the main runway was 6,000 ft in length with two 4,200 ft auxiliaries. Even two of its runways were aligned the same at 07/25 and 02/20 with the third oriented as 01/19. The shared design also has 50 foot wide perimeter track. [Jumpmaster note: runway compass orientations drop the unnecessary last digit of 0. As a result, 180 [due south] is represented as 18. Due east [90 degrees] is shown as 09 rather than as a single digit.) It does not seem, however, to have nearly as many enclosed hardstands to protect the aircraft on the ground.
	RAF FOLKINGHAM - 324th TROOP CARRIER GROUP, 47TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON AIRCRAFT
	C-46 Commando at Folkingham had the dubious nicknames of "The Whale," and "Curtiss Calamity". About two thousand were manufactured and served as parachutist transports but were less widely employed than the C-47. Note the B-17 in the background - obviously Folkingham served more than the Troop Carrier command arm of the 9th USAAF	C-47 Skytrain AKA Dakota at Folkingham dubbed the "Gooney bird" because its wingtip flex in flight gave the appearance of flapping wings, this venerable aircraft remains in service today around the world. Over 10,000 were built in factories located in Long Beach and Santa Monica, California and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	"D-Day Doll" C-53D Skytrooper at California Air Show is one of the C-47 variants. This was a Skytrain was a look-alike but lacked the reinforced cargo floor, large cargo door and hoist attachment of its sibling. As a result the C-53 was much less flexible in operation than the C-47, and only 380 were built.
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Folkingham Town		Folkingham Airfield