The RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Centre is located in West Norfolk within the National Construction College East. It was established in 2005 to remember the history of this former RAF station and its WW2 satellite airfields. The former RAF station of Bircham Newton started life in 1918, during the First World War. The first flying unit to use the airfield was No. 3 Fighting School, which trained pilots and observers who were going to join the war in the skies over France.