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The
1916-28 Croydon control tower and customs building 1925
(© via David Young)
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Croydon
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Airfield Today:
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Housing,
offices
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Tower Type:
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1. 1916-28, Wooden Air
traffic control and customs building, replaced by;
2. 1928, Croydon Airport terminal building and control tower |
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Tower:
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Demolished
2. Terminal building and control tower now Croydon Airport Museum, offices |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
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History:
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1916 to 1919, originally two airfields, Beddington and Waddon, used during
WW1 as a RFC Home Defence and later Training airfield.1920, Became Londons first international airport. Imperial Airways formed here from independant airlines 01/04/1924. 02/05/1928, Rebuilt aerodrome and new control tower, terminal building opened. 
02/09/1939 to /1944, used as a Fighter Command station until full transfer
to Transport Command which left on /03/1946.Civil flying began again post-war but the runways were too short for large modern aircraft and there was no room for extensions due to housing. Heathrow became Londons new international airport 25/03/1946. |
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The
1928 Croydon control tower and terminal building 1959
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Ju52's
were frequent visitors to Croydon in the 1930s (seen here at Duxford in
1999)
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18/12/1948
Anson on the roof! G-ALFJ after engine failure on take off, luckily
no-one was hurt.
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Airfield:
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Airport, Fighter Command,
Transport Command, Department of Civil Aviation
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Opened:
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/01/1916
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Closed:
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30/09/1959
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ID Code:
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Pre-war: GED, WWII:
CO, 1956: ED
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3x - Grass
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Hangars:
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4x - Blister
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County:
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Surrey
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Location:
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2-1/2 miles SW of Croydon
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OS Ref:
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TQ306635
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©:
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Photographs
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1959
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2002
(© Roland Elworthy)
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Croydon
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1929
(© via Steve Ward)
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Croydon
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1925
(© via David Young)
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Croydon
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Croydon
airport & airport control tower
pictures = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2002 - RAF Croydon
- Croydon aerodrome - Croydon airfield - London Airport - Croydon -
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