Wormingford
| Also known as: | Bures / RAF Station, Wormingford / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground |
| County: | Essex |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Farmland |
| Date: | December 1916 - 30 January 1947; minor use 1960s; limited flying (for gliding club) 1989 to present |
| Current Use: | Limited flying |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC / Civil / USAAF |
| Aircraft Roles: | Fighter / General aviation (limited flying) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- 55th Fighter Group Website
- Bures Hamlet Parish Council
- Bures History Society
- Essex & Suffolk GC
- Fordham Parish Council
- Mount Bures Parish Council
- Wakes Colne Parish Council
- Wormingford Parish Council
Main unit(s) present:
- 3rd Scouting Force
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No 37 Sqn
- 38th FS
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55th FG
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No 75 Sqn
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No 94 Staging Post
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No 160 Staging Post
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No 163 Staging Post
- 338th FS
- 343rd FS
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362nd FG
- 377th FS
- 378th FS
- 379th FS
- Essex & Suffolk GC
Runway 09:27, looking west from the runway 27 threshold, 29 September 2007. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking north at the runway 27 threshold, 29 September 2007. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking south west from near the runway 27 threshold, 29 September 2007. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking west from near the gliding club, 29 September 2007. © Richard Flagg
Small Bomb Container Store at Wormingford, 20 January 2018. © Richard Flagg
Essex and Suffolk Gliding Clubhouse, 21 February 2009. © Richard Flagg
The Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club hangar, 21 February 2009. © Richard Flagg
Runway 09:27, looking west from the runway 27 threshold, 21 February 2009. © Richard Flagg
Looking north across the airfield, 30 May 2009. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
Remains of the perimeter track at Wormingford, 29 August 2013.
Airmens Quarters at Wormingford, 20 January 2018. © Richard Flagg
Interior of the Airmens Quarters, 20 January 2018. © Richard Flagg
| Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s): | |
| Home Defence Flight Station(s): | Goldhanger / Hadleigh I / Harling Road / Southend (Rochford) / Stow Maries |