Bradwell Bay
Also known as: | Bradwell / Bradwell Bay Aerodrome / Bradwell Power Station / Bradwell-on-Sea Landing Ground / RAF Bradwell Bay |
County: | Essex |
Current Status: | Farmland (main position) / HGV training / Housing / Nuclear power station (decommissioned) (main position) / Public road |
Date: | 10 May 1939 (earliest known date) - 31 October 1946 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF (main user) / RAF (Czech) / RAF (Polish) / RAAF / RCAF / RNZAF |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved (1941) |
Aircraft Roles: | Air-sea rescue / Anti-aircraft co-operation / Fighter (main role) / Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2016):
- Bradwell-on-Sea Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 2 APC
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No 2 Armament Practice Station
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No 3 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
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No 3 Sqn
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No 5 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
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No 19 Sqn
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No 23 Sqn
- No 25 Sqn
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No 29 Sqn
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No 56 Sqn
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No 64 Sqn
- No 68 Sqn
- No 85 Sqn
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No 111 (Transport) Wing
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No 124 Sqn
- No 125 Sqn
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No 126 Sqn
- No 125 Sqn
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No 134 (Czech) (Fighter) Wing
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No 150 Airfield
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No 151 Sqn
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No 157 Sqn
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No 198 Sqn
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No 219 Sqn
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No 247 Sqn
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No 264 Sqn
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No 278 Sqn
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No 287 Sqn
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No 309 Sqn
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No 310 Sqn
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No 312 Sqn
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No 313 Sqn
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No 418 Sqn
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No 456 Sqn
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No 488 Sqn
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No 501 Sqn
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No 605 Sqn
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No 611 Sqn
- No 1332 Wing RAF Regiment
- No 1333 Wing RAF Regiment
- No 2727 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2730 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2739 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2831 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2840 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3208 Servicing Commando
- No 4101 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
![001Reg Mitchell 030 (2).jpg](/media/3287/reg-mitchell-030-2.jpg)
No 488 Squadron in front of a de Havilland Mosquito at Bradwell Bay, 1944. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
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A damaged Lockheed P-38 Lightning at Bradwell Bay. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
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A de Havilland Mosquito at Bradwell Bay. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
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A de Havilland Mosquito and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress at Bradwell Bay. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
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A Junkers Ju 88 after landing at Bradwell Bay. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
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A de Havilland Mosquito at Bradwell Bay. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
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A de Havilland Mosquito and personnel at Bradwell Bay. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
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Bradwell Bay during the Second World War. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mitchell
![014Runway 08:24. Looking north east from the road near the memorial - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5273/runway-08-24-looking-north-east-from-the-road-near-the-memorial-7-april-2007.png)
Runway 08:24, looking north east from the road near the memorial, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
![015Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking north from near runway 12:30 - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5272/taxiway-at-the-east-of-the-airfield-looking-north-from-near-runway-12-30-7-april-2007.png)
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking north from near runway 12:30, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
![016Runway 08:24. Looking south west from the road near the memorial - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5269/runway-08-24-looking-south-west-from-the-road-near-the-memorial-7-april-2007.png)
Runway 08:24, looking south west from the road near the memorial, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
![017Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking south west from near the runway threshold - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5268/taxiway-at-the-east-of-the-airfield-looking-south-west-from-near-the-runway-threshold-7-april-2007.png)
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking south west from near the runway threshold, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
![018Taxiway at the south of the airfield. Looking south west from near the Control Tower - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5267/taxiway-at-the-south-of-the-airfield-looking-south-west-from-near-the-control-tower-7-april-2007.png)
Taxiway at the south of the airfield, looking south west from near the control tower, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
![020Aerial view of RAF Bradwell Bay Airfield - 9 October 2019.png](/media/5271/aerial-view-of-raf-bradwell-bay-airfield-9-october-2019.png)
Aerial view of Bradwell Bay, 9 October 2019. © Richard Flagg
![020Taxiway at the south west of the airfield. Looking east from near the memorial - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5266/taxiway-at-the-south-west-of-the-airfield-looking-east-from-near-the-memorial-7-april-2007.png)
Taxiway at the south west of the airfield, looking east from near the memorial, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
![021Aerial view of RAF Bradwell Bay Airfield 2 - 9 October 2019.png](/media/5270/aerial-view-of-raf-bradwell-bay-airfield-2-9-october-2019.png)
Aerial view of Bradwell Bay, 9 October 2019. © Richard Flagg
![021Control Tower : Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5265/control-tower-watch-office-for-night-fighter-stations-7-april-2007.png)
Control Tower at Bradwell Bay, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
![022Blister Hangar (Building 231) - 7 April 2007.png](/media/5264/blister-hangar-building-231-7-april-2007.png)
Blister Hangar at Bradwell Bay, 7 April 2007. © Richard Flagg
WAAF Memoirs, 1942-1943. Courtesy of VASussex
FIDO at Bradwell Bay. Courtesy of AIRBOYD
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