![]() |
![]() |
Chipping
Ongar
(Willingdale) |
![]() |
![]() |
1945
(© 387th Bomb Group USAAF)
|
RAF
Chipping Ongar airfield |
||
Airfield Today: |
Agriculture |
|
Tower Type: |
Watch Office for all
Commands 12779/41 with modified small front windows 15371/41 and rooftop
VCR |
|
Tower: |
Demolished |
|
Other
Buildings: |
Not
known |
|
History: |
![]() ![]() /10/1943, 387th Bomb Group transferred from 8th to 9th USAAF, /07/1944 moved to Stoney Cross. The 387th Bomb Group flew 204 missions from Chipping Ongar losing 10 Marauders. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
|
RAF
Chipping Ongar airfield control tower - 387th Bomb Group - |
RAF
Chipping Ongar airfield control tower - 387th Bomb Group -
|
||
Airfield:
|
Operational bomber
|
|
Opened:
|
/06/1943
|
|
Closed:
|
/02/1959
|
|
Code:
|
JC
|
|
USAAF Station:
|
162
|
|
Runways:
|
3 x - concrete with
wood chips
|
|
Hangars:
|
2x - T2
|
|
County:
|
Essex
|
|
Location:
|
2 miles NE of Chipping
Ongar
|
|
OS Ref:
|
TL582055
|
|
©:
|
All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
|
|
RAF
Chipping Ongar - Willingdale -
|
RAF
Chipping Ongar airfield control tower - 387th Bomb Group -
|
![]() |
RAF
Chipping Ongar - Willingdale airfield = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2007 -
- Chipping Ongar, 387th BG - updated 28/09/2018 - |