Earls Colne Airfield

General aviation aerodrome
Earls Colne Airfield is located in Essex
Earls Colne Airfield
Earls Colne Airfield
Shown within Essex
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 939 Grass
06/24 778 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
01 Asphalt

Earls Colne Airfield (ICAO: EGSR) is a general aviation aerodrome located south-east of the village of Earls Colne, Essex, England.

The site was previously RAF Earls Colne, a Royal Air Force station which was primarily used by the United States Army Air Forces.

History

The airfield in 1946

The following units were here at some point:[2]

  • No. 38 Group Communication Flight RAF (October 1944 - May 1946)[3]
  • No. 296 Squadron RAF between 29 September 1944 and 23 January 1946 using Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I, V, & VI and the Handley Page Halifax V, III & A.7[4]
  • No. 297 Squadron RAF between 30 September 1944 and 1 April 1946 using Albemarle I, II, V & VI and the Halifax V, III & A.7[4]
  • 94th Bombardment Group
  • 323d Bombardment Group
  • 331st Bombardment Squadron
  • 332nd Bombardment Squadron
  • 333rd Bombardment Squadron
  • 410th Bombardment Squadron
  • 453rd Bombardment Squadron
  • 454th Bombardment Squadron
  • 455th Bombardment Squadron
  • 456th Bombardment Squadron

Post-war

The following companies were here at some point:[2]

  • Anglian Flight Centres
  • Bulldog Aviation
  • Essex Air Ambulance
  • Essex Flying School
  • Herts Air Ambulance

See also

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References

Citations

  1. ^ Falconer 2012, p. 87.
  2. ^ a b "Earls Colne". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 183.
  4. ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 84.

External links

  • British Pathé 1943 [1]

Bibliography

  • Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
  • Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
  • Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J.; Halley, J. (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.
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