Raf Wormingford

Royal Air Force Station Wormingford or more simply RAF Wormingford is a former Royal Air Force station located 6mi northwest of Colchester, Essex, England. During World War I Wormingford was a landing ground designated for use by aircraft operating against Zeppelins. Reopened as a military airfield in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the war it was used primarily as a fighter airfield. After the war, it was returned to agriculture. Today a small section of the old runway is used by the Essex and Suffolk Gliding club. HistoryFirst World WarThe landing ground was used by the 37th Home Defence Squadron and a Royal Aircraft Factory B. E. 12 based here shot down Zeppelin number L. 48 on 16 /17 June 1917. The landing ground was known as RFC Wormingford. Second World WarWormingford was originally earmarked for an Eighth Heavy Bomb Group, being built by Richard Costain Ltd. and helped by a number of sub contractors during the period 1942 /1943. The airfield had a 2, 000-yard main runway on an E-W axis and two intersecting runways of 1, 400 yards each along with the USAAF standard fifty hardstands, two T2 hangars, one each side of the airfield, Mark II lighting and temporary building accommodation for 2, 900 personnel. The technical area was on the southern side of the airfield and the camp sites dispersed to the south and east in and around the village of Fordham.

Royal Air Force Station Wormingford or more simply RAF Wormingford is a former Royal Air Force station located 6mi northwest of Colchester, Essex, England. During World War I Wormingford was a landing ground designated for use by aircraft operating against Zeppelins. Reopened as a military airfield in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the war it was used primarily as a fighter airfield. After the war, it was returned to agriculture. Today a small section of the old runway is used by the Essex and Suffolk Gliding club. HistoryFirst World WarThe landing ground was used by the 37th Home Defence Squadron and a Royal Aircraft Factory B. E. 12 based here shot down Zeppelin number L. 48 on 16 /17 June 1917. The landing ground was known as RFC Wormingford. Second World WarWormingford was originally earmarked for an Eighth Heavy Bomb Group, being built by Richard Costain Ltd. and helped by a number of sub contractors during the period 1942 /1943. The airfield had a 2, 000-yard main runway on an E-W axis and two intersecting runways of 1, 400 yards each along with the USAAF standard fifty hardstands, two T2 hangars, one each side of the airfield, Mark II lighting and temporary building accommodation for 2, 900 personnel. The technical area was on the southern side of the airfield and the camp sites dispersed to the south and east in and around the village of Fordham.