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The rebuilt Grahame-White watch tower 2011 (© Steve Bond)

RAF Hendon airfield
Airfield Today:	Royal Air Force museum, Police college, housing. The derelict Watchtower building was once the centrepiece of aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White’s aircraft factory in Hendon
Tower Type:	1. Unique Grahame-White aircraft factory Watch Office built in 1911 2. Office for Duty Pilot, 2072/26
Tower:	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
Other Buildings:	Current status not known
History:	Station history
RAF Hendon aerodrome

Derelict 1911 Grahame-White aircraft factory Watch Office 1986 (© Paul Francis)

RAF Hendon aerodrome - Grahame-White aircraft factory

Hendon Royal Air Force At Home programme cover
Saturday 17th September 1955 (via Gerald Rickwood)

Office for Duty Pilot 2072/26 1989 (© Paul Francis)

RAF Hendon aerodrome - Grahame-White aircraft factory
Airfield:	Operational Fighter, Transport Command
Opened:	/1910
Closed:	/1957
ID Code:	ND
USAAF Station:	575
Runways:	3x - concrete, tarmac
Hangars:	1x - Steel Truss and Brick, 2x - Belfast, Grahame White factory
County:	Middlesex
Location:	London, 8 miles NW of St Pauls Cathedral
OS Ref:	TQ215905
Links:	www.rafmuseum.com
©:	Photographs copyright © as stated
RAF Hendon aerodrome - Grahame-White aircraft factory