Tangmere
| Also known as: | Chichester Business Park / RAF Tangmere / RFC Tangmere / Tangmere Aerodrome / USAAF Station 363 |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Housing / Industry / Museum / Solar farm |
| Date: | March 1918 - 16 October 1970 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RAF (Belgian) / RAF (Czech) / RAF (French) / RAF (Norwegian / RAF (Polish) / RFC / FAA / RCAF / RNZAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
| Prominent People: | Douglas Bader / Geoffrey Dorman / William 'Billy' Fiske / James 'Johnnie' Johnson / Gunther Rall / Hans-Ulrich Rudel |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- St. Andrew's Church, Tangmere
- Tangmere Airfield Nurseries Ltd
- Tangmere Local History Group
- Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
- Tangmere Parish Council
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Chichester Kart Club
- The Bader Arms - pub
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Sqn
- No 2 Air Delivery Letter Service
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No 8 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
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No 9 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
- No 11 Gp AAC Flight
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No 14 Sqn
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No 17 Sqn
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No 22 Sqn
- No 23 (Fighter) Wing
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No 23 Sqn
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No 25 Sqn
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No 26 Sqn
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No 29 Sqn
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No 32 Sqn
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No 33 Sqn
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No 34 Sqn
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No 38 Gp Support Unit
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No 40 Sqn
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No 40 TS
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No 41 Sqn
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No 42 Sqn
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No 43 Sqn
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No 49 MU
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No 56 Sqn
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No 61 TDS
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No 61 TS
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No 65 Sqn
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No 66 Sqn
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No 69 Sqn
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No 72 Sqn
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No 74 Sqn
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No 82 Sqn
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No 84 Sqn
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No 85 Sqn
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No 87 Sqn
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No 91 Sqn
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No 92 Sqn
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No 93 Sqn
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No 96 Sqn
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No 98 Sqn
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No 115 Sqn
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No 118 Sqn
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No 124 Sqn
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No 126 Airfield
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No 126 (RCAF) (Fighter) Wing
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No 127 Airfield
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No 127 (RCAF) (Fighter) Wing
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No 127 Sqn
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No 129 Sqn
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No 130 Sqn
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No 131 Sqn
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No 132 (Norwegian) (Fighter) Wing
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No 134 (Czech) (Fighter) Wing
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No 135 (Fighter) Wing
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No 141 Sqn
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No 145 (French) (Fighter) Wing
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No 145 Sqn
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No 146 Airfield
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No 148 Sqn
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No 161 EGS / SE161 EGS
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No 161 GS
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No 161 Sqn
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No 164 Sqn
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No 165 Sqn
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No 168 Sqn
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No 170 Sqn
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No 183 Sqn
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No 197 Sqn
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No 198 Sqn
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No 207 Sqn
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No 208 Sqn
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No 213 Sqn
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No 217 Sqn
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No 219 Sqn
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No 222 Sqn
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No 229 Sqn
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No 233 Sqn
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No 238 Sqn
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No 245 Sqn
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No 257 Sqn
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No 266 Sqn
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No 268 Sqn
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No 302 Sqn
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No 310 Sqn
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No 312 Sqn
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No 313 Sqn
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No 329 Sqn
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No 331 Sqn
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No 332 Sqn
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No 340 Sqn
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No 341 Sqn
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No 349 Sqn
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No 401 Sqn
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No 403 Sqn
- No 410 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 411 Sqn
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No 412 Sqn
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No 416 Sqn
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No 419 (Special Duties) Flight
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No 421 Sqn
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No 485 Sqn
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No 486 Sqn
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No 501 Sqn
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No 534 Sqn
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No 587 Sqn
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No 601 Sqn
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No 605 Sqn
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No 607 Sqn
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No 609 Sqn
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No 614 Sqn
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No 616 Sqn
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No 623 GS
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No 720 Sqn
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No 771 Sqn
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No 778 Sqn
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No 787 Sqn
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No 801 Sqn
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No 823 Sqn
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No 841 Sqn
- No 1304 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment
- No 1305 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment
- No 1315 Mobile Wing RAF Regiment
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No 1455 (Fighter) Flight
- No 2702 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2704 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2720 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2723 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2748 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2760 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2786 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2789 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2795 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2813 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2832 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2894 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3205 Servicing Commando
- No 3207 Servicing Commando
- No 3210 Servicing Commando
- No 3225 Servicing Commando
- No 4016 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- No 4067 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- No 4260 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
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Central Fighter Establishment
- Coastal Area Storage Unit
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Day Fighter Leaders School
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Enemy Aircraft Flight
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Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight
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Fighter Interception Development Sqn
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Fighter Interception Unit
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High Speed Flight
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Night Fighter Development Wing
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Night Fighter Training Sqn
- Towed Target Flight, Tangmere
Aerial view of Tangmere airfield, 1982. © Dave Welch.
Part of the perimeter track at Tangmere, 9 September 2006.
Part of the perimeter track at Tangmere, 9 September 2006.
The control tower at Tangmere, 14 February 2009.
Part of the perimeter track at Tangmere, 27 May 2012.
Part of the perimeter track at Tangmere, 29 June 2013.
Part of the perimeter track at Tangmere, 29 June 2013.
Footage of Tangmere, 1920s. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
Neville Duke's air speed record trials, flying from Tangmere, 1953. Courtesy of British Pathé
A documentary on Tangmere, 1985. Courtesy of ricardoroberto100
Footage of the control tower and hangars at Tangmere, 12 October 2009. Courtesy of UKWMO
Aerial footage of Tangmere. Courtesy of Rick Aisthorpe
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| Associated Airfield(s): | Blackbushe / Dunsford / Ford / Heston / Lasham |