Twinwood Farm
Also known as: | Milton Ernest / RAF Twinwood Farm / Twinwood Farm Aerodrome / Twinwoods / Twinwoods Business Park / USAAF Station 506 |
County: | Bedfordshire |
Current Status: | Farmland / Leisure activity / Museum |
Date: | June 1941 - 31 January 1946 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF |
Prominent People: | Glenn Miller |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/01/2019):
- Clapham Historical Society
- Clapham Parish Council
- Oakley Parish Council
- Twinwood Events/Twinwood Festival
- Twinwoods Model Aircraft Club
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/01/2019):
- Clapham, Bedford Community Website
- Oakley Village
Main unit(s) present:
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No 14 SFTS
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No 19 ACHU
- No 26 Sqn
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No 51 OTU
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No 164 Sqn
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No 169 Sqn
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No 239 Sqn
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No 268 Sqn
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No 613 Sqn
- No 2837 Sqn RAF Regiment
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AI Conversion Flight
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N.A.E GC
![001Squadron & Flight Offices - 18 June 2017.png](/media/3764/squadron-flight-offices-18-june-2017.png)
Squadron and Flight Offices at Twinwood Farm, 18 June 2017. © Richard Flagg
![002Officers Quarters interior - 18 June 2017.png](/media/3767/officers-quarters-interior-18-june-2017.png)
Interior of the officers quarters at Twinwood Farm, 18 June 2017. © Richard Flagg
![003Officers Quarters - 24 June 2010.png](/media/3762/officers-quarters-24-june-2010.png)
Officers Quarters at Twinwood Farm, 24 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
![004Mechanical Transport Shed - 22 June 2014.png](/media/3763/mechanical-transport-shed-22-june-2014.png)
Mechanical Transport Shed at Twinwood Farm, 22 June 2014. © Richard Flagg
![005Control Tower : Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations - 22 June 2014.png](/media/3765/control-tower-watch-office-for-night-fighter-stations-22-june-2014.png)
The control tower at Twinwood Farm, 22 June 2014. © Richard Flagg
![006Control Tower : Watch Office for Night Fighter Stations interior - 22 June 2014.png](/media/3761/control-tower-watch-office-for-night-fighter-stations-interior-22-june-2014.png)
Interior of the control tower at Twinwood Farm, 22 June 2014. © Richard Flagg
![007Airmens Barrack Hut - 22 June 2014.png](/media/3766/airmens-barrack-hut-22-june-2014.png)
Barrack Hut at Twinwood Farm, 22 June 2014. © Richard Flagg
![008Airmens Barrack Hut - 24 June 2010.png](/media/3768/airmens-barrack-hut-24-june-2010.png)
Barrack Hut at Twinwood Farm, 24 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
![009Maintenance & WT Unit - 24 June 2010.png](/media/3773/maintenance-wt-unit-24-june-2010.png)
Maintenance and Wireless Transmission (WT) Unit, 24 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
![010Blister Hangar - 24 June 2010.png](/media/3769/blister-hangar-24-june-2010.png)
Blister Hangar at Twinwood Farm, 24 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
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Blister Hangar at Twinwood Farm, 24 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
![012Taxiway at the south of the airfield. Looking east from near the Control Tower - 24 June 2010.png](/media/3772/taxiway-at-the-south-of-the-airfield-looking-east-from-near-the-control-tower-24-june-2010.png)
Taxiway at the south of the airfield. Looking east from near the control tower, 24 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
![013Taxiway at the south of the airfield. Looking north east - 24 June 2010.png](/media/3770/taxiway-at-the-south-of-the-airfield-looking-north-east-24-june-2010.png)
Taxiway at the south of the airfield, looking north east, 24 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Aerial footage of Twinwood Farm, c. February 2011. Courtesy of TOPCAMERAMAN
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