Earls Colne
Major
| Also known as: | Earls Colne Business Park / RAF Earls Colne / RAF Station, Earls Colne / The Essex Golf & Country Club / USAAF Station 358 |
| County: | Essex |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Industry / Leisure activity |
| Date: | Opened May 1943 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved, later paved/unpaved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Air ambulance / Airborne forces/transport (main role) / Bomber (main role) / Communications / General aviation (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- 94th Bomb Group Association
- Anglo Marketing & Shipping Services Limited
- Arturas Ltd
- Asteroid Engineering Ltd
- Attitudes PMC Ltd
- Balsa Sales Ltd
- Baxters Food Group
- Baystart Ltd
- Bock (UK) Ltd
- Britannia Storage Systems Limited
- Cheeky Monkeys Day Nursery Ltd
- CR Timber Engineering Ltd
- Data Serve Direct Ltd
- David Watson Transport Ltd
- Direct Transportation Ltd
- Earl's Colne Golf and Country Club
- Earls Colne Library
- Earl's Colne Parish Council
- Electro Assembly Services Ltd
- Euroline Sales & Marketing
- Europa Classics
- European Care Assist
- Eurovudas Ltd
- Fleetshield Services
- Flight Timber Products Ltd
- Flightworx Aviation Ltd
- Ford SVP
- Fringe Benefits
- Gigawave Ltd
- Hawker Restorations Ltd
- Honeywood Enterprises
- Hullmatic Engineering Ltd
- Jan Wright
- Milbank Roofs Ltd t/a Milbank
- Multitek Ltd
- NC Cammack & Son Limited
- Result Clothing
- Special Vehicle Preparations Ltd
- Stelstor Systems Ltd
- The Evergreen Clinic
- Trane (Colchester) Ltd
- Water Direct
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Rebel Air Museum
Main unit(s) present:
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No 38 Gp Comm Flight
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94th BG
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No 296 Sqn
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No 297 Sqn
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323rd BG
- 331st BS
- 332nd BS
- 333rd BS
- 410th BS
- 453rd BS
- 454th BS
- 455th BS
- 456th BS
- Anglian Flight Centres
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Bulldog Aviation
- Essex Air Ambulance
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Essex Flying School
- Herts Air Ambulance
- Station Flight, Earls Colne
Cessna 152 at Earls Colne, 21 February 2009. © Richard Flagg
Piper PA-28R-201T Cherokee Arrow III at Earls Colne, 1 May 2017. © Richard Flagg
Piper PA-28-161 Warrior ll at Earls Colne, 1 May 2017. © Richard Flagg
McDonnell Douglas MD-902 Explorer at Earls Colne, 1 May 2017. © Richard Flagg
Various aircraft and buildings at Earls Colne, 28 July 2018.
Various shots of Earls Colne during the Second World War. Courtesy of British Pathé