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Earls
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2001
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RAF
Earls Colne airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Earls
Colne Business Park - agriculture, golf, sports centre, industry
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands, 12779/41 with smaller front windows to 343/43
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Tower:
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2001:
Was used as a house for at least 20 years (with two front windows bricked
up and rooms divided) but now a vandalised ruin
2003: Control tower demolished |
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Other
Buildings:
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Very
few, hangars and part of perimiter track
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History:
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08/1942 to /1943, No. 3 Group Bomber Command.  05/1943 to
06/1943, 8th USAAF: 331st, 332nd, 333rd and 410th Bomb Squadrons of the
94th Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Results
Count' - 'Cunning, Rugged, Courageous'
moved here from Bassingbourn
with B-17 Flying Fortress, moved to Rougham.
06/1943 to 07/1944, 9th
USAAF: 453rd, 454th, 455th and 456th Bomb Squadrons of the 323rd
Bombardment Group from Horham with B-26
Marauders, 10/1943 transferred to the 9th USAAF, moved to Beaulieu. 09/1944
to 04/1946, No. 38 Group with No. 296 and 297 Squadrons with Albermarle and Halifax
bombers. |
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RAF
Earls Colne airfield control tower
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2001 (©
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RAF
Earls Colne airfield control tower |
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Airfield: |
Operational bomber |
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Opened: |
08/1942 |
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Closed: |
03/1946 |
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ID Code: |
EC |
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USAAF Station: |
358 |
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Runways: |
3x - concrete, tarmac |
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Hangars: |
2x - T2 |
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County: |
Essex |
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Location: |
3 miles W of Halstead |
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OS Ref: |
TL848270 |
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Photographs
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RAF
Earls Colne - 94th Bomb Group - 323rd Bomb Group - |
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The
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Robert Truman)
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RAF
Earls Colne airfield - 94th BG 8th USAAF - 323rd BG 9th USAAF - |
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1985 (©Barry H. Abraham) |
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RAF
Earls Colne airfield - 94th BG 8th USAAF - 323rd BG 9th USAAF -
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1977 (© Fred Cubberley) |
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1972 (© Steve Bond) |
RAF
Earls Colne airfield control tower |
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RAF
Earles Colne airfield + air control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2003 - Earles Colne - 94th BG, VIII USAAF, 323rd BG, IX
USAAF - updated 02/05/2017 -
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