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Gatwick
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2001 (© Mark Stanley)
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RAF
Gatwick airport
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Airfield Today:
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Gatwick
airport
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Tower Type:
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'The Beehive' terminal
building built 1936, connected to the railway station by underground walkway
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Tower:
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Now
a listed and protected building
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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Opened
as a civil airport in 1930, major building work carried out in 1936. ?
05/40 to 01/45, Airfield used by several Army Co-operation Command Sqns, on training duties and operational sorties. Operational fighter bomber and photographic sorties also flown. 01/45 to 05/45, used by SHAEF disarmament unit. 05/45 to 08/45, used temporarily by several Sqns. /46 to 03/56, used by several civillian companies including Airwork servicing Fairey Gannets, Sea hawks, Sea Hornets and Seafires. 09/06/58, after extensive rebuilding became Londons second airport. |
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CG
TransSaharienne DC-3 in front of The Beehive March
1949 (© C. Abbott, via Peter Jones)
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Beehive
in the background December 1949 (© Peter
Jones)
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RAF
Gatwick airport
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Airfield:
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Operational Fighter
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Opened:
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01/08/1930
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Closed:
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N/A
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ID Code:
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??
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass, then 3x - steel
track, single runway built 1956
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Hangars:
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1x - Bellman, 6x - Blister
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County:
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Surrey
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Location:
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28 miles S of London
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OS Ref:
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TQ270404
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Links:
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©:
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All photos © Peter
Jones
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1949
Airwork DC-3, bacame G-AMXX
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1949
De
Havilland Dove
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RAF
Gatwick airport
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2001 (© Mark Stanley)
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RAF
Gatwick airport
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RAF
Gatwick airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2002
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