Raf Great Dunmow

Royal Air Force Station Great Dunmow or more simply RAF Great Dunmow is a former Royal Air Force station in Essex, England. The airfield is located approximately 1. 4mi mi west of Great Dunmow, north of the A120; about 42mi northeast of LondonOpened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the war, primarily as a bomber airfield. The airfield was closed in 1948. Today the airfield is located on private land primarily used for agriculture. HistoryGreat Dunmow was designed as a Class A airfield bomber airfield, built by the US Army 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) with specialised work by British contractors. The airfield was built on ancient parkland belonging to Easton Lodge and some 10, 000 trees were destroyed to enable its construction, including over 200 mature oak trees. It consisted of a set of three converging runways each containing a concrete runway for takeoffs and landings, optimally placed at 60 degree angles to each other in a triangular pattern. The runways were a 6, 000ft main runway, aligned 15 /33 and two secondary 4, 200ft secondary runways, aligned 11 /29 and 04 /22. An encircling perimeter track was also constructed, containing 50 loop-type hardstands. United States Army Air Forces useGreat Dunmow airfield was opened on 1 July 1943 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. It was known as USAAF Station AAF-164 for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. It's USAAF Station Code was "GD".

Royal Air Force Station Great Dunmow or more simply RAF Great Dunmow is a former Royal Air Force station in Essex, England. The airfield is located approximately 1. 4mi mi west of Great Dunmow, north of the A120; about 42mi northeast of LondonOpened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the war, primarily as a bomber airfield. The airfield was closed in 1948. Today the airfield is located on private land primarily used for agriculture. HistoryGreat Dunmow was designed as a Class A airfield bomber airfield, built by the US Army 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) with specialised work by British contractors. The airfield was built on ancient parkland belonging to Easton Lodge and some 10, 000 trees were destroyed to enable its construction, including over 200 mature oak trees. It consisted of a set of three converging runways each containing a concrete runway for takeoffs and landings, optimally placed at 60 degree angles to each other in a triangular pattern. The runways were a 6, 000ft main runway, aligned 15 /33 and two secondary 4, 200ft secondary runways, aligned 11 /29 and 04 /22. An encircling perimeter track was also constructed, containing 50 loop-type hardstands. United States Army Air Forces useGreat Dunmow airfield was opened on 1 July 1943 and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. It was known as USAAF Station AAF-164 for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. It's USAAF Station Code was "GD".