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Gosfield
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Front
view 2002 (© Robert Truman)
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RAF
Gosfield airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
industry
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with medium front windows to 343/43
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Tower:
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Now
extended and modified, in use as an industrial unit
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Other
Buildings:
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Very
few
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History:
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12/43 to 03/44, 386th, 387th and 388th Fighter Squadrons of the 365th
Fighter Group with P-47D Thunderbolts, flew 5 combat missions from here
before moving to Beaulieu. 04/44, 596th,
597th, 598th and 599th Bombardment Squadrons of the 397th Bombardment
Group with B-26 Maurauders from the USA, the 397th Bomb Group moved to
Rivenhall. 04/44 to
09/44, 644th, 645th, 646th and 647th BS of the 410th Bomb Group with A-20
Havocs from Birch, flew 124 missions losing 20 A-20's before move to France. 01/45, RAF
299 Squadron Stirlings here from Wethersfield before moving to Shepherds
Grove. 03/45, Gosfield used by RAF 271, 512 and 575 Squadron Dakotas towing Horsa gliders in support of the Rhine crossing. Airfield sold in 1955. |
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RAF
Gosfield
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Rear
view, it is only from here at the back that the original building can
be identified, the
three top floor windows on the right side and the long thin
window on the far right (the 8ft high staircase window) show the original
buildings dimensions. The two windows on the left side are in the new
extended section 2002 (©
Robert Truman)
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RAF
Gosfield
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Airfield:
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Operational fighter
and bomber
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Opened:
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/1943
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Closed:
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/1945
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Code:
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GF
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USAAF Station:
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154
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Runways:
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3x - concrete with wood
chips
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Hangars:
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2x - T2
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County:
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Essex
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Location:
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6 miles S of Braintree
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OS Ref:
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TL778312
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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RAF
Gosfield
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RAF
Gosfield airfield - 365th FG - 397th BG - 410th BG -
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RAF
Gosfield airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2006 - 365th FG - 397th BG - 410th BG -
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