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Fowlmere

Major
Also known as: Fowlmere Aerodrome / RAF Fowlmere / RFC Fowlmere / The Hen Puddle (nickname) / USAAF Station 378
County: Cambridgeshire
Current Status: Aviation
Date: Opened 1 October 1916
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF (main user) / RFC / Civil / RCAF / USAAF (main user) / USAS
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later metal, later unpaved
Aircraft Roles: Air observation post / Bomber / Fighter (main role) / Fighter-reconnaissance / General aviation (main role) / Military development/support / Radar calibration / Trainer (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Fowlmere Parish Council
  • The 339th Fighter Group Association

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 2 Sqn

  • No 5 TS

  • No 15 Sqn

  • No 16 Sqn

  • No 19 Sqn

  • No 21 Sqn

  • No 31 TDS

  • No 31 TS

  • No 74 (Signals) Wing Calibration Flight
  • No 111 Sqn

  • No 124 Sqn
  • No 125 Sqn
  • No 126 Sqn
  • No 133 Sqn

  • No 154 Sqn

  • 165th Aero Sqn
  • No 167 Sqn

  • No 174 Sqn

  • No 264 Sqn

  • 339th FG

  • No 411 Sqn

  • No 421 Sqn

  • 503rd FS
  • 504th FS
  • 505th FS
  • No 655 Sqn

  • No 2736 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • Air Fighting Demonstration Sqn
  • Modern Air
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A hangar at Fowlmere, 26 October 2008.

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T2 Hangar at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

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T2 Hangar at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

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Runway 07:25, looking south-west from London Road, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

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Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking north from London Road, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

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Taxiway at the east of the airfield, looking east from London Road, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

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Main Stores building at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

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Standby Set House at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

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Crew Rest and Locker Room at Fowlmere, 9 February 2013. © Richard Flagg

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Duxford / Great Ashfield (Elmswell)

Home Defence Flight Station(s):

Hadleigh I / Harling Road / Old Weston / Therfield / Yelling

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