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RAF Sawbridgeworth

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2 Squadron Mustangs at RAF Sawbridgeworth WWII IWM CH 17407
2 Squadron Mustangs at RAF Sawbridgeworth WWII IWM CH 17407

Royal Air Force Sawbridgeworth or more simply RAF Sawbridgeworth is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north of Harlow, Essex and 14.4 miles (23.2 km) east of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The airfield was used during the First World War as a night landing ground for fighter aircraft of the Home Defence squadrons protecting London against attacks from German airships. During the inter-war period it was occasionally used for glider and civilian flying until 1937 when it became Mathams Wood Advanced Landing Ground (named after the nearby wooded area). In 1940 it was renamed RAF Sawbridgeworth after correspondence between the 2(AC) Squadron (and station) Commanding Officer Wing Commander A. J. W. Geddes and the Air Ministry in London. It ceased active operations in 1944 and, after a number of ground-based units operated from the site, was finally closed in mid-1946 and safeguarding relinquished by the RAF in May 1956.

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RAF Sawbridgeworth
Blounts Lane, East Hertfordshire High Wych

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Blounts Lane
CM21 0LT East Hertfordshire, High Wych
England, United Kingdom
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2 Squadron Mustangs at RAF Sawbridgeworth WWII IWM CH 17407
2 Squadron Mustangs at RAF Sawbridgeworth WWII IWM CH 17407
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