Boreham
Major
| Also known as: | Boreham Racing Circuit / Boreham Proving Ground / Bulls Lodge Quarry / RAF Boreham / USAAF Station 161 |
| County: | Essex |
| Current Status: | Air ambulance / Aviation / Farmland / Gravel pit (main position) |
| Date: | 6 March 1944 - 15 April 1946 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | 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):
- Boreham Parish Council
- Little Waltham Parish Council
- St. Andrew's Church, Boreham
Main unit(s) present:
- No 91 (Forward) Staging Post
- No 91 Staging Post
- No 120 (Major) Staging Post
- No 122 (Major) Staging Post
- No 123 (Major) Staging Post
- No 160 Staging Post
- No 161 Staging Post
- No 162 Staging Post
- No 163 Staging Post
- No 164 Staging Post
- No 165 Staging Post
- No 166 Staging Post
- No 167 Staging Post
- No 168 Staging Post
- No 169 Staging Post
- No 170 Staging Post
- 394th BG
- 584th BS
- 585th BS
- 586th BS
- 587th BS
The control tower, other buildings and Essex Air Ambulance, 31 March 2008.
The Operations Block, 15 February 2012. © Richard Flagg
The control tower, 15 February 2012. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Boreham, 9 October 2019. © Richard Flagg
Motor racing at Boreham, 1952. Courtesy of British Pathé
Footage of Boreham, 18 October 1990. Courtesy of Ford RS200