Newmarket Heath (Rowley Mile)
| Also known as: | Newmarket / Newmarket Racecourses / RAF Newmarket Heath |
| County: | Suffolk |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Leisure activity |
| Date: | October 1916 - 15 April 1948 (military closure) |
| Current Use: | Limited flying |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC / Civil |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
The following organisations are either based at, us and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Newmarket Library
- Newmarket Local History Society
- Newmarket Racecourses
- Newmarket Town Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 2 Sqn
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No 3 Gp Comms Flight
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No 3 Gp Training Flight
- No 3 LFS
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No 22 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section
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No 51 Sqn
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No 54 MU
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No 75 Sqn
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No 99 Sqn
- No 107 Sqn
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No 138 Sqn
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No 161 Sqn
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No 190 (Night) TS
- No 192 Depot Sqn
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No 192 (Night) TS
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No 215 Sqn
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No 453 Sqn
- No 1419 (Special Duties) Flight
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No 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight
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No 1483 (TT) Flight
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No 1483 Target Towing and Gunnery Flight
- No 1505 BAT Flight
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No 1688 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight
- No 2712 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 4263 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
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Air Bomber Training Flight (No 3 Gp)
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Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment
- Air Fighting Development Unit
- Bombing Development Unit
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Night Vision Training School
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Radar Training Flight
Photograph from Newmarket Heath, 1941. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Rothwell
A hangar at Newmarket Heath, 31 July 2008.
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