RAF Fersfield: Norfolk

During the Second World War, there were over thirty airbases located in Norfolk occupied by the US Eighth Air Force and a variety of Royal Air Force (RAF) units. These airbases were fulfilling different missions in the fight against Axis Powers. One of the most top-secret bases of the war was located just outside Fersfield, a village consisting of farm buildings, a church, and a tiny population. It was here that the brother of a future president lost his life while the RAF launched missions to help their covert intelligence operations in Europe.

Kett’s Rebellion: Hethersett, Norfolk

During July of 1549, a group of peasants uprooted and destroyed fences put up by landlords around the area of Wymondham and Hethersett in Norfolk. They acted in defiance of the mass enclosures under Edward VI, the son of the recently deceased Henry VIII. One of the landlords targeted was Robert Kett, a man who would go on to join the group, creating a rebellion that would bring Norwich, one of England’s largest cities at the time, to its knees.