Sawbridgeworth
Also known as: | Mathams Wood / RAF Sawbridgeworth / RFC Sawbridgeworth |
County: | Hertfordshire |
Current Status: | Farmland |
Date: | January 1917 - July 1946 (probable date) |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF / RFC / FAA |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later metal |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Sawbridgeworth Library
- Sawbridgeworth Local History Society
- Sawbridgeworth Town Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 2 Sqn
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No 3 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit
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No 3 Concealment and Decoy Unit
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No 3 MU
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No 4 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit
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No 4 Sqn
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No 14 Personnel Transit Centre
- No 34 Wing Communication Unit
- No 35 Reconnaissance Wing
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No 39 Sqn
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No 63 Sqn
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No 80 Sqn
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No 123 Airfield
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No 126 Sqn
- No 130 Airfield
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No 168 Sqn
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No 170 Sqn
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No 182 Sqn
- No 239 Sqn
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No 247 MU
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No 268 Sqn
- No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit
- No 410 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 418 Air Stores Park
- No 652 Sqn
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No 809 Sqn
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No 1495 (TT) Flight
- No 2759 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2809 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3205 Servicing Commando
- No 3226 Servicing Commando
![001Guard & Fire Party House (Building 34) - 29 April 2008.png](/media/5729/guard-fire-party-house-building-34-29-april-2008.png)
Guard and Fire Party House at Sawbridgeworth, 29 April 2008. © Richard Flagg
![002Main Workshops (Building 16) - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5728/main-workshops-building-16-16-may-2009.png)
Main workshops at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![003Signals Block (Building 57) - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5730/signals-block-building-57-16-may-2009.png)
Signals Block at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![004Parachute Store (Building 14) - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5732/parachute-store-building-14-16-may-2009.png)
Parachute Store at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![005Main Stores (Building 12) - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5734/main-stores-building-12-16-may-2009.png)
Main Stores building at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![006Armoury (Building 11) - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5735/armoury-building-11-16-may-2009.png)
Armoury building at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![007Gas Clothing & Respirator Store (Building 15) - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5739/gas-clothing-respirator-store-building-15-16-may-2009.png)
Gas Clothing and Respirator Store at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![008Aircraft Pen (Blenheim Type) (Building 61:9) - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5731/aircraft-pen-blenheim-type-building-61-9-16-may-2009.png)
Aircraft Pen (Blenheim Type) at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![009Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking east - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5733/taxiway-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-looking-east-16-may-2009.png)
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking east, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![010Type 22 Pillbox - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5736/type-22-pillbox-16-may-2009.png)
Type 22 Pillbox at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![011Runway 13:31. Looking south east from the runway 13 threshold - 16 May 2009.png](/media/5738/runway-13-31-looking-south-east-from-the-runway-13-threshold-16-may-2009.png)
Runway 13:31 at Sawbridgeworth, looking south east from the runway 13 threshold, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
![012Aerial View of RAF Sawbridgeworth Airfield - 9 June 2010.png](/media/5737/aerial-view-of-raf-sawbridgeworth-airfield-9-june-2010.png)
Aerial view of Sawbridgeworth, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg