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Sawbridgeworth
| Also known as: | Mathams Wood / RAF Sawbridgeworth / RAF Station, Sawbridgeworth / RFC Sawbridgeworth |
| County: | Hertfordshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland |
| Date: | January 1917 - July 1946 (probable date) |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC / FAA |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved, later metal |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Sawbridgeworth Library
- Sawbridgeworth Local History Society
- Sawbridgeworth Town Council
Main unit(s) present:
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No 2 Sqn
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No 3 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit
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No 3 Concealment and Decoy Unit
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No 3 MU
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No 4 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit
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No 4 Sqn
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No 14 Personnel Transit Centre
- No 34 Wing Communication Unit
- No 35 Reconnaissance Wing
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No 39 Sqn
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No 63 Sqn
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No 80 Sqn
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No 123 Airfield
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No 126 Sqn
- No 130 Airfield
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No 168 Sqn
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No 170 Sqn
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No 182 Sqn
- No 239 Sqn
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No 247 MU
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No 268 Sqn
- No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit
- No 410 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 418 Air Stores Park
- No 652 Sqn
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No 809 Sqn
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No 1495 (TT) Flight
- No 2759 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2809 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3205 Servicing Commando
- No 3226 Servicing Commando
Guard and Fire Party House at Sawbridgeworth, 29 April 2008. © Richard Flagg
Main workshops at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Signals Block at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Parachute Store at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Main Stores building at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Armoury building at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Gas Clothing and Respirator Store at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Aircraft Pen (Blenheim Type) at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking east, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Type 22 Pillbox at Sawbridgeworth, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Runway 13:31 at Sawbridgeworth, looking south east from the runway 13 threshold, 16 May 2009. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Sawbridgeworth, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
