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Sawbridgeworth

Major
Also known as: Mathams Wood / RAF Sawbridgeworth / RAF Station, Sawbridgeworth / RFC Sawbridgeworth
County: Hertfordshire
Current Status: Farmland
Date: January 1917 - July 1946 (probable date)
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / RFC / FAA
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later metal

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):

  • Sawbridgeworth Library
  • Sawbridgeworth Local History Society
  • Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 2 Sqn

  • No 3 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit

  • No 3 Concealment and Decoy Unit

  • No 3 MU

  • No 4 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit

  • No 4 Sqn

  • No 14 Personnel Transit Centre

  • No 34 Wing Communication Unit
  • No 35 Reconnaissance Wing

  • No 39 Sqn

  • No 63 Sqn

  • No 80 Sqn

  • No 123 Airfield

  • No 126 Sqn

  • No 130 Airfield

  • No 168 Sqn

  • No 170 Sqn

  • No 182 Sqn

  • No 239 Sqn

  • No 247 MU

  • No 268 Sqn

  • No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit
  • No 410 Repair & Salvage Unit

  • No 418 Air Stores Park

  • No 652 Sqn

  • No 809 Sqn

  • No 1495 (TT) Flight

  • No 2759 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2809 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 3205 Servicing Commando
  • No 3226 Servicing Commando
001Guard & Fire Party House (Building 34) - 29 April 2008.png

Guard and Fire Party House at Sawbridgeworth, 29 April 2008. © Richard Flagg

002Main Workshops (Building 16) - 16 May 2009.png

Main workshops at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

003Signals Block (Building 57) - 16 May 2009.png

Signals Block at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

004Parachute Store (Building 14) - 16 May 2009.png

Parachute Store at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

005Main Stores (Building 12) - 16 May 2009.png

Main Stores building at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

006Armoury (Building 11) - 16 May 2009.png

Armoury building at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

007Gas Clothing & Respirator Store (Building 15) - 16 May 2009.png

Gas Clothing and Respirator Store at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

008Aircraft Pen (Blenheim Type) (Building 61:9) - 16 May 2009.png

Aircraft Pen (Blenheim Type) at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

009Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking east - 16 May 2009.png

Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking east, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

010Type 22 Pillbox - 16 May 2009.png

Type 22 Pillbox at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

011Runway 13:31. Looking south east from the runway 13 threshold - 16 May 2009.png

Runway 13:31 at Sawbridgeworth, looking south east from the runway 13 threshold, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg

012Aerial View of RAF Sawbridgeworth Airfield - 9 June 2010.png

Aerial view of Sawbridgeworth, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

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