A-20J of the 416th Bomb Group – RAF Wethersfield, England, 1944
MDP Wethersfield is a Ministry of Defence facility in Essex, England, located north of the village of Wethersfield, about 6 mi (9.7 km) north-west of the town of Braintree. Originally an RAF station, the site was later used as the headquarters and training centre of the Ministry of Defence Police until 2022. It now houses asylum seekers.
It started as RAF Wethersfield opening in 1944 and during World War II it was used by the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. It was closed in 1946, and was reopened in 1951 as a result of the Cold War. Used until 1970 as a United States Air Force fighter airfield, it was held as a reserve airfield until 1993, when it came under control of the Ministry of Defence Police.
MDPWethersfield is a Ministry of Defence facility in Essex, England, located north of the village of Wethersfield, about 6 mi (9.7 km) north-west of the...
formerly 2 GS and 5 GS, closure announced on 10 March 2016 614 VGS — MDPWethersfield, Essex 611 VGS — RAF Honington, formerly 102 GS and formerly at RAF...
Headquarters, Ministry of Defence Police, at MDPWethersfield Criminal Investigation Department, at MDPWethersfield Nuclear Guard Force Special Escort Group...
1955 Later USAF/USN, closed 2006 RAF Wethersfield England Essex 1941 1970 USAAF from 1944. Now MDPWethersfield – MoD Police training base RAF Weybourne...
North—based at Linton-on-Ouse. Operational Support Unit South—based at Wethersfield. Special Escort Group—based at Aldermaston. Central Support Group Aldershot...
maintains contact by radio and telephone with Task Control, MDP Central Information Room, Wethersfield, Essex, which monitors its movement, and with the civil...
Police and Guarding Agency, and were based out of MDPGA Wethersfield (previously RAF Wethersfield) in Essex. In April 2013, the MDPGA was disbanded and...
to the recently vacated USAF Airbase at RAF Wethersfield. Under the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987, MDP officers had the powers of police constables...
maintains contact by radio and telephone with Task Control, MDP Central Control Room, Wethersfield, Essex, which monitors its movement, and with the civil...
the provision of security to MoD property. It had its headquarters in Wethersfield and was headed by a Chief Executive, who also served as the Chief Constable...
America to which he might contribute. Rochambeau and Washington met in Wethersfield, Connecticut in May 1781 to discuss their options. Washington wanted...
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