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Great
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General Eisenhower on the control tower balcony during a visit to Great
Dunmow
11/04/1944 (© 386th Bomb Group, USAAF, via Simon Dunham) |
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RAF
Great Dunmow airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with smaller front windows to 343/43
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Tower:
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Demolished
1966 - if you have any photos of the tower please
let me know!
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Other
Buildings:
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Very
few
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History:
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A bomber airfield, built 1942-3 by the US Army 818th Engineer Battalion
(Aviation), opened 01/07/43.24/09/43 to 02/10/44, 552nd, 553rd, 554th and 555th Bombardment Squadrons of the 386th Bombardment Group moved here from Boxted with B-26 Marauders. 16/10/43 Transferred from the 8th USAAF to the 9th USAAF. The 386th Bomb Group flew 28 missions from Boxted and another 257 from Great Dunmow before moving to France, 02/10/44.  10/44 to 12/45,
190 and 260 Sqns with Stirling bombers, converted to Halifax post-war.
12/45, 190 Sqn disbanded and 260 moved to Palestine. Airfield then used
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RAF
Great Dunmow
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B-26
Marauder 'Hell's -a- Poppin II' during a visit to Hardwick 1944
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Montie Guthrie Jr)
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B-26B-35-MA ' Hell's-a-Poppin II '
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555th
Bombardment Squadron, 386th Bombardment Group, 99th Bombardment Wing
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Serial
41-31987, code YA-G, horizontal yellow tail stripe
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RAF
Great Dunmow
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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01/07/1943
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Closed:
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/1948
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ID Code:
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GD
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USAAF Station:
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164
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Runways:
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3x - concrete, wood
chips
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Hangars:
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1x - Blister, 2x - T2
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County:
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Essex
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Location:
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6 miles E of Bishops
Stortford
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OS Ref:
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TL592235
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs
© copyright as stated
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Great Dunmow
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Starboard
nose artwork of B-26 Marauder 'Hells a Poppin II' 1944
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Montie Guthrie Jr)
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RAF
Great Dunmow
- 386th Bomb Group -
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RAF
Great Dunmow 386th BG airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2002 - Great Dunmow -
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