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Ridgewell
| Also known as: | RAF Ridgewell / RAF Station, Ridgewell / USAAF Station 167 |
| County: | Essex |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Farmland / Public roads |
| Date: | 29 December 1942 - 31 March 1957 |
| Current Use: | Limited flying |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil / USAAF |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Little Yeldham, Tilbury Juxta Clare & Ovington Parish Council
- Ridgewell Historical Society
- Ridgewell Parish Council
- Ridgewell Weather
- Ridgewell White Horse
- St Augustine of Canterbury Church, Ashen
- The Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Association
Main unit(s) present:
- No 90 Sqn
- No 94 MU
- No 95 MU
- 381st BG
- 532nd BS
- 533rd BS
- 534th BS
- 535th BS
- Essex GC
- Ridgewell Oatly GC
Remains of a runway at Ridgewell, 24 September 2006.
Runway 10:28, looking east from the runway 10 threshold, 18 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the south of the airfield, looking north west from the near the runway 35 threshold, 18 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
The gymnasium at Ridgewell, 18 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Site No 4 (Communal Site) at Ridgewell, 13 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
Site of T2 Type Aircraft Shed, 23 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of the bomb stores site, 23 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Ridgewell, 23 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Ridgewell, 23 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
A day-by-day account of Ridgewell between 29 May and 9 June 1943. Courtesy of Paul Bingley
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