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Boreham

Major
Also known as: Boreham Racing Circuit / Boreham Proving Ground / Bulls Lodge Quarry / RAF Boreham / RAF Station, Boreham / USAAF Station 161
County: Essex
Current Status: Farmland / Gravel pit (main position)
Date: 6 March 1944 - 15 April 1946; subsequent minor use
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF (main user) / Civil (minor use) / USAAF (main user)
Landing Surface Types: Paved
Aircraft Roles: Air ambulance (minor use) / Airborne forces/transport / Bomber (main role) / Police aviation (minor use)

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
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The control tower, other buildings and Essex Air Ambulance, 31 March 2008.

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The Operations Block, 15 February 2012. © Richard Flagg

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The control tower, 15 February 2012. © Richard Flagg

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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

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