Bourn
Also known as: | Bourn Aerodrome / Bourn Market / Bourne (misspelling) / RAF Bourn / RAF Station, Bourn |
County: | Cambridgeshire |
Current Status: | Aviation / Farmland (main position) / Housing (proposed main position) / Industry |
Date: | Opened 1941 (earliest known date April) |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | RAF / Civil |
Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
Aircraft Roles: | Aircraft modification/repair / Bomber (main role) / Fighter / General aviation (main role) / Meteorological reconnaissance / Trainer |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Bourn Parish Council
- Caldecote Local History Group
- Caldecote Parish Council
- Cambourne Parish Council
- Eurorider Training
- R. Taylor & Sons
- Rotortech Aero Composites Limited
Main unit(s) present:
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No XV Sqn
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No 23 OTU
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No 97 Sqn
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No 101 Sqn
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No 105 Sqn
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No 162 Sqn
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No 609 Sqn
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No 1323 Automatic Gun Laying Turret Flight
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No 1409 Met Flight
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No 1696 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight
- No 2708 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Cambridge GC
- Rural Flying Corps
![003Aerial View. RAF Bourn Airfield - 14 March 2009.png](/media/4253/aerial-view-raf-bourn-airfield-14-march-2009.png)
Aerial view of Bourn, 14 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
![004Aerial View. RAF Bourn Airfield 2 - 14 March 2009.png](/media/4252/aerial-view-raf-bourn-airfield-2-14-march-2009.png)
Aerial view of Bourn, 14 March 2009. © Richard Flagg
![005Runway 06:24. Looking south west - 26 April 2010.png](/media/4256/runway-06-24-looking-south-west-26-april-2010.png)
Runway 06:24, looking south-west, 26 April 2010. © Richard Flagg
![006Taxiway at the west of the airfield. Looking south west at one of the old dispersals, now where the club hangars are - 18 May 2014.png](/media/4258/taxiway-at-the-west-of-the-airfield-looking-south-west-at-one-of-the-old-dispersals-now-where-the-club-hangars-are-18-may-2014.png)
Taxiway at the west of the airfield, looking south west at one of the old dispersals, now where the club hangars are, 18 May 2014. © Richard Flagg
![007Taxiway at the west of the airfield. Looking north from near the runway 06 threshold - 18 May 2014.png](/media/4255/taxiway-at-the-west-of-the-airfield-looking-north-from-near-the-runway-06-threshold-18-may-2014.png)
Taxiway at the west of the airfield, looking north from near the runway 06 threshold, 18 May 2014. © Richard Flagg
![008Runway 06:24. Looking north east - 18 May 2014.png](/media/4257/runway-06-24-looking-north-east-18-may-2014.png)
Runway 06:24, looking north-east, 18 May 2014. © Richard Flagg
![009Clubhouse - 18 May 2014.png](/media/4254/clubhouse-18-may-2014.png)
The clubhouse and control tower at Bourn, 18 May 2014. © Richard Flagg
![010Control Tower - 18 May 2014.png](/media/4259/control-tower-18-may-2014.png)
The control tower at Bourn, 18 May 2014. © Richard Flagg
Save Bourn Airfield. Courtesy of Tom Warrior
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