Henlow
Also known as: | Henlow Aerodrome / RAF Henlow |
County: | Bedfordshire |
Current Status: | Aviation (main position) / Museum |
Date: | Opened 1918 |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | RAF (main user) / Civil |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later metal, later unpaved |
Prominent People: | Bill Shankly |
Aircraft Roles: | Air observation post / Aircraft ferrying / Aircraft modification/repair (main role) / Anti-aircraft co-operation / Army aviation / Communications / Fighter / General aviation / Military development/support / 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):
- Clifton Parish Council
- Henlow HIVE
- Henlow Parish Council
- RAF Signals Museum
- St. Andrew's Church, Henlow
- St. Mary's Church, Henlow
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Air Stores Park
- No 1 AACU 'W' Flight
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No 1 AACU 'X' Flight
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No 1 AACU 'Y' Flight
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No 1 AACU 'Z' Flight
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No 2 Air Stores Park
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No 2 RAF Depot
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No 2 Salvage Centre
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No 3 Air Stores Park
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No 3 FP
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No 3 Salvage Centre
- No 4 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 4 Salvage Centre
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No 5 (Eastern) ARD
- No 5 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 6 Air Stores Park
- No 6 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 7 Air Stores Park
- No 12 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 13 MU
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No 13 SoTT
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No 14 SoTT
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No 19 Sqn
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No 20 Air Stores Park
- No 21 Aircraft Depot
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No 23 Sqn
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No 43 Gp Comms Flight
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No 43 Sqn
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No 49 MU
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No 80 Sqn
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No 106 EGS / E106 EGS
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No 106 GS
- No 241 Sqn
- No 511 Aircraft & MT Repair Unit
- No 511 Forward Repair Unit
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No 616 GS
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No 616 VGS
- No 661 Sqn
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No 1959 Reserve AOP Flight
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No 1961 Reserve AOP Flight
- No 2709 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2727 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Aviation Medicine Flight
- The Band Of The Queen's Division
- Defence Cultural Specialist Unit
- Defence Flying Complaints
- Digital Forensic Flight
- Henlow Flying Club
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Home Aircraft Depot
- HQ RAF Police Professional Standards Dept
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Inland Area Aircraft Depot
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Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
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Parachute Test Unit (Ministry of Supply)
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Pilotless Aircraft Section
- Provost Marshal's Dog Inspectorate
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Queen Bee Flight
- Parachute Test Section/Flight
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Radio Engineering Unit
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Rapier Cold Trials Unit
- RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine
- RAF Meteorological Flight
- RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit
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RAF School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers)
- RAF Technical College
- Service Complaints Investigation Team
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Signals Development Unit
- Specialist and Security Police Wing
- Support Chain Information Services
![004Coupled General Service Flight Sheds (Building 186) - 2 August 2013.png](/media/3698/airfield-site-hangar-coupled-general-service-flight-sheds-building-186-2-august-2013.png)
Coupled General Service Flight Sheds (Building 186), 2 August 2013. © Richard Flagg
![005Coupled General Service Flight Sheds (Building 188) - 2 August 2013.png](/media/3704/airfield-site-hangar-coupled-general-service-flight-sheds-building-188-2-august-2013.png)
Coupled General Service Flight Sheds (Building 188), 2 August 2013. © Richard Flagg
![006Runway 09:27. Looking west - 2 August 2013.png](/media/3700/airfield-site-runway-09-27-looking-west-2-august-2013.png)
Runway 09:27 looking west, 2 August 2013. © Richard Flagg
![007Coupled General Service Flight Sheds (Building 189) - 2 August 2013.png](/media/3701/airfield-site-hangar-coupled-general-service-flight-sheds-building-189-2-august-2013.png)
Coupled General Service Flight Sheds (Building 189), 2 August 2013. © Richard Flagg
![008Hangar (Site of) - 2 August 2013.png](/media/3699/airfield-site-hangar-site-of-2-august-2013.png)
Site of a hangar, 2 August 2013. © Richard Flagg
![009Sommerfeld Track - 2 August 2013.png](/media/3706/airfield-site-sommerfeld-track-2-august-2013.png)
Sommerfeld Track at Henlow, 2 August 2013. © Richard Flagg
![010Gate Guard. Hawker Hunter F.1 (WT612) - 2 August 2013.png](/media/3705/gate-guard-hawker-hunter-f1-wt612-2-august-2013.png)
Gate Guard at Henlow, a Hawker Hunter F.1, 2 August 2013. © Richard Flagg
![013Hangar (Building 190) - 28 October 2017.png](/media/3697/airfield-site-hangar-building-190-28-october-2017.png)
Hangar (Building 190), 28 October 2017. © Richard Flagg
![014Runway 14:32. Looking north west - 28 October 2017.png](/media/3702/airfield-site-runway-14-32-looking-north-west-28-october-2017.png)
Runway 14:32 looking north west, 28 October 2017. © Richard Flagg
![015Landing Circle - 28 October 2017.png](/media/3703/airfield-site-landing-circle-28-october-2017.png)
Landing Circle at Henlow, 28 October 2017. © Richard Flagg
Footage of Henlow, 1933. Courtesy of British Pathé
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