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RAF Burtonwood
Near Warrington, Cheshire in England
The RAF Burtonwood control tower in 1954.
Ut aquilae volent (Latin for 'That eagles may fly')
RAF (1940–1942, 1946–1948 & 1965–1967) US Army Air Forces (1942–1946) US Air Force (1948–1965) US Army (1967–1994)
Condition
Closed
Site history
Built
1938 (1938)–1940
In use
1940–1994 (1994)
Fate
Buildings demolished and site sold for redevelopment, including Omega Business Park and junction 8 of the M62 motorway.
Airfield information
Identifiers
ICAO: EGOB
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
04/22
1,280 metres (4,199 ft)
09/27
2,743 metres (8,999 ft)
15/33
1,295 metres (4,249 ft)
Royal Air Force Burtonwood (or RAF Burtonwood) is a former Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces base that was located in Burtonwood, 2 miles (3.2 km) Northwest of Warrington in Cheshire, England. The base was opened in 1940 in response to World War II by the RAF and in 1942 it was transferred to the United States of America for war operations.
The base was home to 18,000 American servicemen at the end of the war. In 1946 the base was transferred back to the United Kingdom however United States operations continued. The base officially closed in 1991 and since then the runway and most of the associated buildings have been demolished. RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre was opened on part of the former base and focuses on the lives of the servicemen, the war and the airplanes at the base.
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two other aircraft, leaving RAF Scampton near Lincoln at about 10:15 and heading to the US Air Force base at Burtonwood near Warrington. The pilot Captain...
The Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force, and its successor body the Air Force Global Strike Command, operate or formerly operated many...
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RF-4Cs, along with the 513th Troop Carrier Wing at RAF Mildenhall. Also, RAFBurtonwood, which was operating as a reserve USAFE base since the opening of Châteauroux-Déols...
the squadron moved to New Hampshire; Florida; Kindley Field, Bermuda; RAFBurtonwood, England, with forward basing at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Bermuda for...
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1988, p. 103. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since...
Upper Heyford. In 1948 the Americans occupied RAF stations including Fairford, Brize Norton, Burtonwood, Greenham Common, Mildenhall, Lakenheath and Woodbridge...
Army Air Forces, Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress flying from RAF Polebrook to RAFBurtonwood crashed into the side of Cadair Berwyn resulting in the deaths...
rural. In the 20th century the area became largely a residential area. RAFBurtonwood was built on the outskirts in 1939, and the land is now transformed...
to include the 47th Area Support Group with a major depot located at RAFBurtonwood, Cheshire, in the United Kingdom, stockpiling POMCUS equipment. Other...
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Warrington was the location of the BurtonwoodRAF base and Risley Ordnance Factory. During World War II, RAFBurtonwood served as the largest US Army Air...
at RAFBurtonwood, Lancashire, and delivered to RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire and later used by No. 24 (Communications) Squadron at RAF Hendon...
1966) RAF Bruntingthorpe (SAC deployments ended 1966) RAFBurtonwood SAC/USAFE operational use ended 1966 Transferred to United States Army RAF Chelveston...
Edmunds, Suffolk. It was allocated Station No. 502, and supported by RAFBurtonwood. The base was garrisoned by African-American soldiers from the 1517...
November 7, 1941, when his aircraft overshot a runway and crashed at RAFBurtonwood. He was buried at Great Sankey (St Mary) Churchyard Extension, but later...
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