Castle Camps
Also known as: | Castle Camps Aerodrome / RAF Castle Camps / RAF Station, Castle Camps |
County: | Cambridgeshire |
Current Status: | Farmland |
Date: | June 1940 - 28 March 1946 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF (main user) / RAF (Polish) / RAAF / RCAF / RNZAF |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later paved |
Aircraft Roles: | Communications / Fighter (main role) / Radar calibration |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Castle Camps Parish Council
- Helions Bumpstead Parish Council
The folowing alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Castle Camps Village
Main unit(s) present:
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No 25 (Base) Defence Wing
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No 25 Sqn
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No 68 Sqn
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No 73 Sqn
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No 85 Gp Communication Sqn
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No 85 Sqn
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No 91 Sqn
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No 149 Airfield
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No 151 Sqn
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No 157 Sqn
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No 307 Sqn
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No 410 Sqn
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No 456 Sqn
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No 486 Sqn
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No 527 Sqn
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No 605 Sqn
- No 2771 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2887 Sqn RAF Regiment
![001Runway 14:32. Looking south east from the runway 14 threshold 2 - 13 October 2007.png](/media/4270/runway-14-32-looking-south-east-from-the-runway-14-threshold-2-13-october-2007.png)
Runway 14:32, looking south-east from the runway 14 threshold, 13 October 2007. © Richard Flagg
![002Runway 14:32. Looking south east from the runway 14 threshold - 13 October 2007.png](/media/4271/runway-14-32-looking-south-east-from-the-runway-14-threshold-13-october-2007.png)
Runway 14:32, looking south-east from the runway 14 threshold, 13 October 2007. © Richard Flagg
![003Taxiway at the west of the airfield. Looking north from the runway 14 threshold - 13 October 2007.png](/media/4272/taxiway-at-the-west-of-the-airfield-looking-north-from-the-runway-14-threshold-13-october-2007.png)
Taxiway at the west of the airfield, looking north from the runway 14 threshold, 13 October 2007. © Richard Flagg
![004Taxiway at the west of the airfield. Looking south from the runway 14 threshold - 13 October 2007.png](/media/4273/taxiway-at-the-west-of-the-airfield-looking-south-from-the-runway-14-threshold-13-october-2007.png)
Taxiway at the west of the airfield, looking south from the runway 14 threshold, 13 October 2007. © Richard Flagg
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