Grove
| Also known as: | Grove Technology Park / RAF Grove / USAAF Station 519 / Wantage |
| County: | Oxfordshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland / Housing / Industry / Leisure activity / Public road |
| Date: | 1942 - 1 December 1955 (Care & Maintenance) |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Aircraft modification/repair (main role) / Aircraft preparation/storage / Fighter / 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):
- Aabsolute Ltd
- Aasvogel Recycling & Skip Hire
- Accord Freight Ltd
- ACSI Europe Ltd
- AHA Sales & Marketing
- Airbox Aerospace Limited
- Arbex Contract Flooring Limited
- Astro Systems Ltd
- ASW Scaffolding Ltd
- ASW Skips Ltd
- Burford Hill Ltd
- ByBox Holdings Limited
- C H Smith Cabinetmaker
- Calber Facilities Management Ltd
- Cancara Ltd
- CMS Industries Ltd
- CPL Locums Ltd
- Crossman Engineering Ltd
- Crystal Clean Southern Ltd
- CrystalLight Productions Ltd
- CSI Automotive Engineering Ltd
- Delves Couling LLP
- Eastling Wines Ltd
- Elite Studio
- EMS Physio Ltd
- Equation AudioVisual Ltd
- Esprit Networks Ltd
- Expert Networking Group Limited
- Falcon Signs Ltd
- First Drop
- Freelanceimages
- Grove Library
- Grove Parish Council
- GT Carpentry Ltd
- Helstrom Lucy Consultants Training
- House Hop Ltd
- IRUN Oxford
- JB Condensation Control
- John Lewis of Hungerford plc
- JSPR Limited
- Kosran ECV Limited (UK)
- Lambert Cleaning Services
- Lambourn Surfacing
- LaVisionUK Ltd
- Lawton (Building Engineering Services) Ltd
- Manlove Forensics Ltd
- Mattalex Emergency Lighting Ltd
- Mattingley Ltd
- McDermaid Design
- Mcgob'an Plumbing & Heating
- Meisterstuck HAUS UK
- MFSG Advisory Limited
- Minster Joinery Craftsmen Ltd
- N P O R S South
- Nautiques UK Ltd
- Oakbury Studios Ltd
- OOB Ltd
- Open Mind Technology
- Oxford Authentication Ltd
- Oxford Oak Garages Ltd
- Paperpak Ltd
- Parekh Enterprises Ltd
- PC Support Centre Ltd
- Pearce Mayfield Associates
- Process Analyser Systems Ltd
- Professional Software Engineering Ltd
- Project Design Architects Ltd
- Project Management Direct Ltd
- Prysm Softech Ltd
- Realistic Games Ltd
- Sapphire Cars Ltd
- Sentel Ltd
- Shush Limited
- Smiths Accountants
- Soames Developments (Westbury) Ltd
- Stan James (Abingdon) Ltd
- Success Motivation International (UK) Ltd
- T A Collins
- Telestrian Limited
- The Ashdown Group
- The Mustard Concept (TMC) Ltd
- The Talent Providers Ltd
- Touchstone Partners Ltd
- UK Magnetics Society
- Unimax Solutions
- Vale & Downland Museum
- Virtual Sports Network Ltd
- WBS Group Ltd
- WILA Lighting Ltd
- Your German Connection
Main unit(s) present:
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No 3 MU
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No 6 MU
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No 15 (P) AFU
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No 174 Sqn
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No 184 Sqn
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No 431 Equipment Depot
- HGCU
Aerial view of Grove airfield, c. 1982. © Dave Welch
Main Stores building at Grove, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg
Main Workshops building at Grove, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg
Runway 09:27, looking east, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg
Runway 16:34, looking north-west, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the west of the airfield, looking east from near the memorial, 5 July 2008. © Richard Flagg
Runway 04:22, looking north-east, 7 June 2013. © Richard Flagg
Unknown building at a dispersed site at Grove, 7 June 2013. © Richard Flagg
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