Birch
| Also known as: | Birch Airfield Solar Farm / RAF Birch / RAF Station, Birch / USAAF Station 149 |
| County: | Essex |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Gravel pits / Industry / Public road / Solar farm |
| Date: | 10 March 1944 - 16 December 1945 (Care & Maintenance) |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Airborne forces/transport / Bomber |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Birch Airfield Composting Services Ltd
- Birch Parish Council
- Messing cum Inworth Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 48 Sqn
- No 233 Sqn
- No 381 MU
- No 382 MU
- No 383 MU
- No 384 MU
- 410th BG
- 644th BS
- 645th BS
- 646th BS
- 647th BS
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking west from near the runway 20 threshold, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking east towards the runway 20 threshold, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
Runway 02:20, looking north east from the runway 13:31 intersection, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
Runway 08:26, looking west from the runway 02:20 intersection, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
Aircraft dispersal at the north of the airfield, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
Looking south across Birch, 30 May 2009. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
Along the runway at Birch, 14 August 2015.
Includes footage of Birch, c. 1974. Courtesy of Anthony John Bonner
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