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
![001Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking west from near the runway 20 threshold - 23 December 2006.png](/media/5247/taxiway-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-looking-west-from-near-the-runway-20-threshold-23-december-2006.png)
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking west from near the runway 20 threshold, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
![002Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking east towards the runway 20 threshold - 23 December 2006.png](/media/5248/taxiway-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-looking-east-towards-the-runway-20-threshold-23-december-2006.png)
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking east towards the runway 20 threshold, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
![003Runway 02:20. Looking north east from the runway 13:31 intersection - 23 December 2006.png](/media/5249/runway-02-20-looking-north-east-from-the-runway-13-31-intersection-23-december-2006.png)
Runway 02:20, looking north east from the runway 13:31 intersection, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
![004Runway 08:26. Looking west from the runway 02:20 intersection - 23 December 2006.png](/media/5250/runway-08-26-looking-west-from-the-runway-02-20-intersection-23-december-2006.png)
Runway 08:26, looking west from the runway 02:20 intersection, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
![005Aircraft Dispersal at the north of the airfield - 23 December 2006.png](/media/5251/aircraft-dispersal-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-23-december-2006.png)
Aircraft dispersal at the north of the airfield, 23 December 2006. © Richard Flagg
![006Aerial - Nick Challoner.JPG](/media/2606/aerial-nick-challoner.jpg)
Looking south across Birch, 30 May 2009. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
![007Aerial View of RAF Birch Airfield 2 - 12 April 2015.png](/media/5254/aerial-view-of-raf-birch-airfield-2-12-april-2015.png)
Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of RAF Birch, 12 April 2015. © Richard Flagg
Includes footage of Birch, c. 1974. Courtesy of Anthony John Bonner
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