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10 Nov 2015 19:50 #1
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Can anyone provide me with a list of airfields in the UK used solely by USAF/USAFE airfields please? It doesn't matter how short a time either.
Of the top of my head I can think of;
Alconbury
Barford St John
Bentwaters
Brize Norton
Bruntingthorpe
Burtonwood
Chelveston
Croughton
East Kirkby
Elvington
Fairford
Feltwell
Greenham Common
Lakenheath
Machrihanish
Mildenhall
Molesworth
Sculthorpe
Shepherds Grove
Sturgate
Upper Heyford
Upwood
Wethersfield
Woodbridge
I am sure I have missed a few!
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10 Nov 2015 20:00 #2
by P Bellamy
Better add Bruntingthorpe as a flying station.
Barford St John, Croughton and Feltwell have never been used for flying purposes by the USAF.
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10 Nov 2015 20:05 #3
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Thanks PB, I have just put Elvington on the list too.
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10 Nov 2015 20:12 #4
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Does Atcham come under this ? Ha sorry I didnt read post war disregard
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10 Nov 2015 20:15 #5
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Does Atcham come under this ?
Not really, its mainly airfields and installations used by the USAFE from about 1950 onwards
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10 Nov 2015 20:19 #6
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So far:
Airfields or former airfields used by the USAF in the UK post-WWII
Alconbury
Barford St John
Bentwaters
Bovingdon
Brize Norton
Bruntingthorpe
Burtonwood
Chelveston
Croughton
East Kirkby
Elvington
Fairford
Feltwell
Greenham Common
Lakenheath
Little Rissington
Machrihanish
Manston
Mildenhall
Molesworth
Scampton
Sculthorpe
Shepherds Grove
Sturgate
Upper Heyford
Upwood
Welford
Wethersfield
Woodbridge
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10 Nov 2015 20:23 #7
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10 Nov 2015 20:27 #8
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Prestwick had USAF lodger units, but wasn't solely a USAF station, so I don't know whether that would count under Richard's spec.
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10 Nov 2015 20:29 #9
by Peter Kirk
Glad you put 1950 onwards otherwise there would be a lot more in the list
I was just about to add
Manston but I saw it in the updated list. I though
Marham was used or was it just allocated at one point? I'm pretty sure I had a list from 1948, or was it on AiX? I would suggest 1948 as the start of the post war USAF.
Edit: I also have
Sandtoft in my head but am still looking for that list, assuming I had it in the first place!
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10 Nov 2015 20:44 #10
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Prestwick had USAF lodger units, but wasn't solely a USAF station, so I don't know whether that would count under Richard's spec.
It's probably worthy of inclusion but I'll annotate it as lodger units only
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