Waterbeach
Also known as: | RAF Waterbeach / Waterbeach Aerodrome / Waterbeach Barracks |
County: | Cambridgeshire |
Current Status: | Leisure activity / Army barracks |
Date: | 11 January 1941 - September 1974 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2023):
- Cambridge Model Aircraft Club
- Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum
- Waterbeach Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Sqn
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No 5 FTS
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No 14 Personnel Transit Centre
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No XV Con Flight
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No 18 Sqn
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No 24 Sqn
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No 25 Sqn
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No 26 Con Flight
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No 33 Base
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No 46 Sqn
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No 51 Sqn
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No 53 Sqn
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No 54 Sqn
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No 56 Sqn
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No 59 Sqn
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No 62 Sqn
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No 63 Sqn
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No 64 Sqn
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No 77 Sqn
- No 99 Sqn
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No 106 Con Flight
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No 153 Sqn
- No 206 Sqn
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No 214 Con Flight
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No 215 Sqn
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No 220 Sqn
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No 222 Sqn
- No 242 Sqn
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No 253 Sqn
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No 514 Sqn
- No 1552 RAT Flight No 6 Section
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No 1651 CU
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No 1651 HCU
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No 1665 HCU
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No 1678 HCU
- No 2728 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2746 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2957 Sqn RAF Regiment
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East Anglian GC
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Photograph from Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Woodward
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Photograph from Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Shepherd
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Photograph from Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Shepherd
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Photograph from Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Shepherd
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Photograph from Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Shepherd
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Photograph from Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Woodward
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Photograph from Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Shepherd
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A damaged aircraft at Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Shepherd
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A damaged aircraft at Waterbeach during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Shepherd
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Aerial view of Waterbeach, 4 January 2009. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of Waterbeach, 4 January 2009. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of Waterbeach, 4 January 2009. © Richard Flagg
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Type T2 Aircraft Shed at Waterbeach, 1 August 2012. © Richard Flagg
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A Type B1 Aircraft Shed at Waterbeach, 1 August 2012. © Richard Flagg
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Runway 05:23, looking north-west from the runway 16:34 intersection, 1 August 2012. © Richard Flagg
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A Type J Aircraft Shed at Waterbeach, 15 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
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A Type J Aircraft Shed at Waterbeach, 15 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
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The Watch Office with Met Section at Waterbeach, 15 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of Waterbeach, 15 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
Footage from a museum at Waterbeach. Courtesy of That's West Anglia
Footage of Waterbeach, c. 2018. Courtesy of Exploring With Zin
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