Fowlmere
Also known as: | Fowlmere Aerodrome / RAF Fowlmere / RFC Fowlmere / The Hen Puddle (nickname) / USAAF Station 378 |
County: | Cambridgeshire |
Current Status: | Aviation |
Date: | Opened 1 October 1916 |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | RAF (main user) / RFC / Civil / RCAF / USAAF (main user) / USAS |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later metal, later unpaved |
Aircraft Roles: | Air observation post / Bomber / Fighter (main role) / Fighter-reconnaissance / General aviation (main role) / Military development/support / Radar calibration / Trainer (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):
- Fowlmere Parish Council
- The 339th Fighter Group Association
Main unit(s) present:
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No 2 Sqn
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No 5 TS
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No 15 Sqn
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No 16 Sqn
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No 19 Sqn
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No 21 Sqn
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No 31 TDS
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No 31 TS
- No 74 (Signals) Wing Calibration Flight
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No 111 Sqn
- No 124 Sqn
- No 125 Sqn
- No 126 Sqn
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No 133 Sqn
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No 154 Sqn
- 165th Aero Sqn
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No 167 Sqn
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No 174 Sqn
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No 264 Sqn
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339th FG
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No 411 Sqn
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No 421 Sqn
- 503rd FS
- 504th FS
- 505th FS
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No 655 Sqn
- No 2736 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Air Fighting Demonstration Sqn
- Modern Air
![002Hangar : T2 Type Aircraft Shed 2 - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4300/hangar-t2-type-aircraft-shed-2-9-february-2013.png)
T2 Hangar at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
![003Hangar : T2 Type Aircraft Shed - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4302/hangar-t2-type-aircraft-shed-9-february-2013.png)
T2 Hangar at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
![004Runway 07:25. Looking south west from London Road - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4306/runway-07-25-looking-south-west-from-london-road-9-february-2013.png)
Runway 07:25, looking south-west from London Road, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
![005Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking north from London Road - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4303/taxiway-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-looking-north-from-london-road-9-february-2013.png)
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking north from London Road, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
![006Taxiway at the east of the airfield. Looking east from London Road - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4304/taxiway-at-the-east-of-the-airfield-looking-east-from-london-road-9-february-2013.png)
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking east from London Road, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
![007Main Stores (Building 10) (ex-farm building) - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4305/main-stores-building-10-ex-farm-building-9-february-2013.png)
Main Stores building at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
![008Standby Set House - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4301/standby-set-house-9-february-2013.png)
Standby Set House at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
![009Crew Rest & Locker Room - 9 February 2013.png](/media/4299/crew-rest-locker-room-9-february-2013.png)
Crew Rest and Locker Room at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg
Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s): | |
Home Defence Flight Station(s): | Hadleigh I / Harling Road / Old Weston / Therfield / Yelling |