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Colne

Decoy
County: Cambridgeshire
Current Status: Farmland
Date: Opened by 15 October 1941 - 1944
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF
Decoy Type(s): Q
Decoy Number(s): 36(c)

Colne operated as the third listed decoy airfield after Haddenham and Somersham for Wyton during World War Two. The control shelter still survives.

 

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/12/2015):

  • Earith Parish Council
Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Wyton

Associated Airfield(s):

Haddenham / Somersham

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