Earls Colne Airfield
{{Short description|General aviation aerodrome}}
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| location = Earls Colne, Essex, England
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Earls Colne Airfield {{Airport codes||EGSR}} is a general aviation aerodrome located south-east of the village of Earls Colne, Essex, England.
The site was previously RAF Earls Colne, a Royal Air Force station which was primarily used by the United States Army Air Forces.
History
File:Earlscolneafld-9july1946.png
The following units were here at some point:{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/earls-colne/ |title=Earls Colne |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|access-date=25 September 2021}}
- No. 38 Group Communication Flight RAF (October 1944 - May 1946){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=183}}
- No. 296 Squadron RAF between 29 September 1944 and 23 January 1946 using Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I, V, & VI and the Handley Page Halifax V, III & A.7{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=84}}
- No. 297 Squadron RAF between 30 September 1944 and 1 April 1946 using Albemarle I, II, V & VI and the Halifax V, III & A.7{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=84}}
- 94th Bombardment Group
- 323d Bombardment Group
- 331st Bombardment Squadron
- 332nd Bombardment Squadron
- 333rd Bombardment Squadron
- 410th Bombardment Squadron
- 453rd Bombardment Squadron
- 454th Bombardment Squadron
- 455th Bombardment Squadron
- 456th Bombardment Squadron
Post-war
See also
{{Commons category}}
References
=Citations=
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External links
- British Pathé 1943 [https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/92707/]
=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last1=Falconer|first1=J.|title=RAF Airfields of World War 2 |year=2012 |publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|location= UK|isbn=978-1-85780-349-5}}
- {{cite book |last1=Jefford |first1= C.G. |title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife |location= Shrewsbury |isbn= 1-85310-053-6 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R.|last2=Hamlin|first2=J.|last3=Halley|first3=J.|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units |year=1997 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-252-1}}
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