RAF Wethersfield

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About

RAF Wethersfield opened in Essex in 1944 as a United States Army Air Forces base, Station 170, home to the 416th Bombardment Group, whose Douglas A-20 Havocs flew light-bomber missions over the Continent. Reopened in the 1950s, it became a USAF jet fighter base for much of the Cold War, flying Thunderjets and Super Sabres. It later housed the Ministry of Defence Police training school, and is now used as an asylum-accommodation centre.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including RAF Wethersfield — Wikipedia and Wethersfield — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.

Photographs

A-20J of the 416th Bomb Group - RAF Wethersfield UK, 1944.
ⓘ licence & creditUSAAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-20j-416bg-rafw-1944.jpgView source & full licence →
A U.S Air Force Republic F-84F-45-RE Thunderstreak (s/n 52-6703) of the 20th Fighter-Bomber Wing, RAF Wethersfield, Essex (UK). This aircraft was later sold to West Germany (s/n DE+258, later DE+114) and then finally to Greece.
ⓘ licence & creditUSAF, The original uploader was Bwmoll3 at English Wikipedia.,5 August 2006 (original upload date) / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20th_Fighter_Wing_F-84_at_RAF_Wethersfield.jpgView source & full licence →
Aerial photograph of Wethersfield Airfield, England.
ⓘ licence & creditBritish Government / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafweth-mar1945.jpgView source & full licence →

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