Matching
| Also known as: | Matching Green / RAF Matching / RAF Station, Matching / USAAF Station 166 |
| County: | Essex |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Industry / Public road |
| Date: | September 1943 - 1 August 1946 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Bomber / Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Abbess, Beauchamp & Berners Roding Parish Council
- Granite Slabs UK Ltd
- Matching Parish Council
- Raytheon UK - uses the control tower for radar testing
- St Mary the Virgin Church, Matching Green - USAAF memorial plaque
- Stone Restoration Services Ltd - stonemasonry company
- The Chequers Matching Green - pub, contains wartime photographs
- White Roding Parish Council
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Cossor Electronics Limited - used control tower, succeeded by Raytheon UK
- GB Auto Tech Ltd - car servicing and repairs, company had to close October 2018 following fire at industrial site
Main unit(s) present:
- No 135 Airfield
- 391st BG
- 572nd BS
- 573rd BS
- 574th BS
- 575th BS
- No 1677 (TT) Flight
- Operational and Refresher Training Unit
Video and photographs of ABCT's Matching Airfield memorial unveiling, Sunday 2 October 2022. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
The control tower at Matching, 14 October 2006.
Part of the perimeter track at Matching, 14 October 2006.
Aerial view of Matching, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Matching, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Matching, 9 October 2019. © Richard Flagg
Remains of a runway at Matching, 14 May 2020.
Remains of a building at Matching, 14 May 2020.
The control tower at Matching, 14 May 2020.
Footage of Matching, 1944. Courtesy of footagefarm
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