Ludham

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Ludham (population 1301) is a village in Norfolk, England, in The Broads National Park, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne. It lies to the east of Ludham Bridge on the River Ant.

It is part of the Ludham - Potter Heigham NNR, a National Nature Reserve.

The village gave its name to a Ham class minesweeper, HMS Ludham.

RAF Ludham

Ludham was transferred from No. 12 Group RAF to the Admiralty on 24 August 1944 and occupied by the Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation. RNAS Ludham was commissioned as HMS Flycatcher, RNAS Ludham on 4 September under the command of the Senior Officer Mobile Naval Airfields Organisation. At Ludham the MNAO assembled and despatched the first five Mobile Naval Air Bases (MONAB) and one "Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard" (TAMY). Flycatcher moved from Ludham to RAF Middle Wallop which was more advantageous to shipping the assembled units to the Far East. In return the RAF took Ludham on again.

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