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Barford
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(©
Fred Cubberley)
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RAF
Barford St John airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Not
known
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for Bomber
Stations and OTU's 13726/41
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Tower:
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Demolished
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
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History:
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06/41 to /41, Relief Landing Ground with grass runways used by Airspeed
Oxfords of No.15 Service Flying Training School from Kidlington. Airfield then closed and rebuilt.  12/42 to 03/46,
Now satellite to Upper Heyford,
No.16 Operational Training Unit with Wellingtons until 12/44. No.1655
Mosquito Training Unit replaced the Wellingtons and unit renamed 16 OTU
01/45, moved to Cottesmore. In 1943 also
used as flight test centre for the Gloster E.28/39 Whittle/ Pioneer and
F.9/40 Meteor jets from Brockworth. Airfield closed in 1946. Post-war used
by the USAF as the Transmitter Annex. |
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RAF
Barford St John
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1979
(© Paul Francis)
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RAF
Barford St John airfield
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Airfield:
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RLG, OTU
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Opened:
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06/1941
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Closed:
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/1946
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Code:
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BJ
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass then 3x - tarmac
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Hangars:
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1x - B1, 1x - T2
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County:
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Oxfordshire
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Location:
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4 miles SE of Banbury
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OS Ref:
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SP442341
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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RAF
Barford St John
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RAF
Barford St. John airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2007
- Barford St John - updated 17/12/2014 - |