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Hendon
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The
rebuilt Grahame-White watch tower
2011 (©
Steve Bond)
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RAF
Hendon airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Royal
Air Force museum, Police college, housing. The derelict Watchtower building
was once the centrepiece of aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-Whites
aircraft factory in Hendon
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Tower Type:
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1. Unique Grahame-White
aircraft factory Watch
Office built in 1911
2. Office for Duty Pilot, 2072/26 |
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Tower:
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1.
Demolished
after 99 years by the RAF Museum, rebuilt in a location closer to the
museum
2. Office for Duty Pilot demolished in 1989 |
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Other
Buildings:
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Current
status not known
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History:
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
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Derelict
1911 Grahame-White aircraft factory Watch Office
1986
(©
Paul Francis)
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
- Grahame-White
aircraft factory
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Hendon
Royal Air Force At Home programme cover
Saturday 17th September 1955 (via Gerald Rickwood) |
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Office for Duty Pilot 2072/26 1989
(©
Paul Francis)
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
- Grahame-White
aircraft factory
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Airfield:
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Operational Fighter,
Transport Command
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Opened:
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/1910
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Closed:
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/1957
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ID Code:
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ND
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USAAF Station:
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575
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Runways:
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3x - concrete, tarmac
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Hangars:
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1x - Steel Truss and
Brick, 2x - Belfast, Grahame White factory
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County:
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Middlesex
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Location:
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London, 8 miles NW of
St Pauls Cathedral
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OS Ref:
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TQ215905
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs
copyright
© as stated
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
- Grahame-White
aircraft factory
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Baby
White at Hendon c.1912
(©
via S. Bond)
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Grahame-White
factory 1986
(©
Steve Bond)
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Grahame-White
factory 1986
(©
Steve Bond)
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
- Grahame-White
aircraft factory
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2000
(©
Robert Truman)
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RAF
Hendon
airfield
- Grahame-White
aircraft factory
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Hendon
1912
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
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USN C-47's at Hendon 1949
(©
Gerald Rickwood)
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
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Watch Office 1986
(©
Paul Francis)
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RAF
Hendon
aerodrome
- Grahame-White
aircraft factory
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RAF
Hendon airfield = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2001 -
Hendon - updated 26/04/2015 -
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