 The station opened in July 1943 and was built to be a satellite station and dispersal for RAF Foulsham which is south-east of Little Snoring.Just a month after the station became operational, the stations status changed when No 3 Bomber Group gave the station full status.After this the airfield was retained on a care and maintenance until an anti-aircraft co-operation unit on civilian contract operated from Little Snoring for several years during the 1950s.