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14th Jun 2020, 13:46

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IIRC there was a Fido installation at Marham up to the early sixties. Another was at Woodbridge in Suffolk. Woodbridge was one of three emergency airfields built for returning aircraft in distress with extra long runways, Manston and Carnaby being the others.

From Wiki about Woodbridge:

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About 30% of the emergency landings were caused by bad weather, especially fog which could be dispersed by Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO) where up to 450,000 litres (99,000 imp gal; 120,000 US gal) of petrol per hour was pumped through a system of pipes along the side of the runway and burnt to produce a wall of flames which would lift the fog. Fuel was transported to Melton railway station before being piped to the airfield.[2]

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