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Ridgewell
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Day 1945 (© USAAF via Scott
Burris, 381st.org)
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Ridgewell
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
gliding
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41 with medium size lower front windows 343/43
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Tower:
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Demolished
in the 1970s
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Other
Buildings:
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Very
few
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History:
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12/42 to 05/43, RAF 90 Squadron with Stirlings.
06/43 to 06/45, 532nd, 533rd, 534th and 535th Bombardment Squadrons of
the 381st Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Triumphant We Fly' equipped with
the B-17 Flying Fortress. Flew 296 missions and lost 131 B-17's.
06/45 to 03/57, used for bomb storage, then sold and returned
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381st
BG - RAF Ridgewell airfield
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1945
(© USAAF via Scott Burris, 381st.org)
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381st
BG - RAF Ridgewell airfield
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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/1942
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Closed:
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/1957
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Code:
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RD
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USAAF Station:
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167
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Runways:
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3x concrete and 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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7-1/2 miles NW of Halstead
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OS Ref:
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TL756416
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Links:
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381st BG (H) www.381st.org
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©:
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Photographs ©
as stated
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381st
BG - RAF Ridgewell airfield
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1967
(© Harry Holmes)
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1973
(© Steve Bond)
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381st
BG - RAF Ridgewell airfield
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RAF
Ridgewell airport and air traffic control = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2001 - Ridgewell -
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