|
|
 |
Martlesham
Heath
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
2003
(© Mark Brotherton)
|
|
RAF
Martlesham Heath - Battle of Britain airfield
|
||
|
Airfield Today:
|
Housing,
industry
|
|
|
Tower Type:
|
1. 1917-26 Air traffic
control building(s) not known
2. 1926 3. 1936 Watch Office with Tower (Fort type), 207/36 (concrete) 4. 1943 Watch Office for All Commands, 343/43 with medium size front windows |
|
|
Tower:
|
1. 2. and 3. Demolished
4. Museum of the Martlesham Heath Aviation Society |
|
|
Other
Buildings:
|
Not
known
|
|
|
History:
|
History section... |
|
|
|
||
 |
 |
|
1982
(© Ian Woodward)
|
(©
Paul Francis)
|
|
RAF and 8th USAAF
Station
|
||
|
Airfield:
|
Operational Fighter
|
|
|
Opened:
|
/01/1917
|
|
|
Closed:
|
/1963
|
|
|
ID Code:
|
MH
|
|
|
USAAF Station:
|
369
|
|
|
Runways:
|
Grass then 2x - concrete,
tarmac
|
|
|
Hangars:
|
1x - GS, 1x - G, 1x
- A, 3x - Blister
|
|
|
County:
|
Suffolk
|
|
|
Location:
|
1-1/2 miles SW of Woodbridge
|
|
|
OS Ref:
|
TM242454
|
|
|
Links:
|
Martlesham Heath Aviation
Society www.mhas.org.uk
|
|
|
©:
|
Photographs © as
stated
|
|
| RAF Martlesham Heath airfield | ||
|
RAF
Martlesham Heath - www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2001 -
RAF Martlesham Heath -
|