RAF Wormingford

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About

RAF Wormingford opened in Essex near Colchester in 1943 as a United States Army Air Forces base, Station 159. It was home to the 55th Fighter Group, whose Lockheed P-38 Lightnings — soon exchanged for North American P-51 Mustangs — flew bomber escort and ground-attack sweeps over the Continent. The Americans left after the war, and much of the airfield has returned to farmland, with the Essex and Suffolk Gliding Club flying from the surviving runway.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including RAF Wormingford — Wikipedia and Wormingford — 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

P-51D of the 55th Fighter Group, based at RAF Wormingford, England.
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P-38s of the 38th Fighter Squadron. 55th Fighter Group, based at RAF Wormingford, England. Serial 42-67074 is to the right.
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Aerial photograph of Wormingford Airfield, England. NOTE : This version is rotated to place North approximately at top. For original version with West approximately at top see :File:Wormingford-10may1946-original.jpg.
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Aerial photograph of Wormingford Airfield, England. NOTE : This is the original version with West approximately at top. For version rotated to place North approximately at top see :File:Wormingford-10may1946.png.
ⓘ licence & creditBritish Government / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wormingford-10may1946-original.jpgView source & full licence →

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