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Upper
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518/40
Watch Office 1948 (© Jack
Ruck via Paul Francis)
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Upper
Heyford airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Current
status not known
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Tower Type:
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1. Office for Duty Pilot
2072/26
2. Watch Office with Met Section 518/40, replaced post-war by: 3. Control Tower 5223a/51 |
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Tower:
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1.
and 2. Demolished
3. Current status not known |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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For full history and more photographs see the links below . . .  |
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RAF
Upper Heyford airfield
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Post-war
control tower 2002 (© Gary
Wright)
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RAF and USAF Station
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Airfield:
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RAF, USAF
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Opened:
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07/1918
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Closed:
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12/1993
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Code:
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UH
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3x - concrete
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Hangars:
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6x - A Type
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County:
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Oxfordshire
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Location:
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5 miles NW of Bicester
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OS Ref:
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SP515268
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Links:
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Dan McKenzies tour of
Upper Heyford 2001: www.bunkertours.com
Airfield history by Paul Francis: www.rafupperheyford.4t.com |
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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RAF
Upper Heyford
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1998 (© Paul Francis)
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RAF
Upper Heyford airfield
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RAF
Upper Heyford airport + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2002 - Upper Heyford -
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