Ridgewell
Also known as: | RAF Ridgewell / USAAF Station 167 |
County: | Essex |
Current Status: | Farmland / Aviation / Public road |
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
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Runway 10:28, looking east from the runway 10 threshold, 18 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
![003Taxiway at the south of the airfield. Looking north west from the near the runway 35 threshold - 18 September 2009.png](/media/5376/taxiway-at-the-south-of-the-airfield-looking-north-west-from-the-near-the-runway-35-threshold-18-september-2009.png)
Taxiway at the south of the airfield, looking north west from the near the runway 35 threshold, 18 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
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The gymnasium at Ridgewell, 18 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
![005Site No.4 (Communal Site). Institute - 13 August 2016.png](/media/5374/site-no4-communal-site-institute-13-august-2016.png)
Site No 4 (Communal Site) at Ridgewell, 13 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
![006Site of Hangar : T2 Type Aircraft Shed - 23 August 2016.png](/media/5375/site-of-hangar-t2-type-aircraft-shed-23-august-2016.png)
Site of T2 Type Aircraft Shed, 23 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of the bomb stores site, 23 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
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Aerial view of Ridgewell, 23 August 2016. © Richard Flagg
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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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