Tarrant Rushton
Also known as: | RAF Station, Tarrant Rushton / RAF Tarrant Rushton / USAAF Station 453 |
County: | Dorset |
Current Status: | Farmland |
Date: | October 1943 - 30 September 1980 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF / Civil |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- South Tarrant Valley Group Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 196 Sqn
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No 210 AFS
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No 295 Sqn
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No 297 Sqn
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No 298 Sqn
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No 644 Sqn
- No 1677 (TT) Flight
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No 2733 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2810 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2851 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Airborne Forces Tactical Development Unit
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Dorset GC

T2 Type Aircraft Shed at Tarrant Rushton, 24 July 2010. © Richard Flagg

T2 Type Aircraft Shed at Tarrant Rushton, 24 July 2010. © Richard Flagg

Interior of a T2 Type Aircraft Shed at Tarrant Rushton, 24 July 2010. © Richard Flagg

Looking south from the runway 19 threshold, 24 July 2010. © Richard Flagg

Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking east at the runway 19 threshold, 24 July 2010. © Richard Flagg

Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking south east from near the T2 Hangar, 24 July 2010. © Richard Flagg

Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking west at the runway 19 threshold, 24 July 2010. © Richard Flagg
Includes footage of motor racing at Ibsley and Tarrant Rushton, 1950s. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
Footage of Tarrant Rushton in the 1980s. Courtesy of mikethegunsmith
Various photographs of Tarrant Rushton, 1980. Courtesy of Gigagannet