Birch, Essex
Birch / Messing
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Spring 1944
1945 Agriculture / Solar Farm / Public road N/A N/A e21900 18 March 2023 149 N/A |
AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Birch Airfield
AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersals
AIRFIELD SITE : Mechanical Transport Loading Ramp
AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 02/20
AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 08/26
AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 13/31
AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways
BUILDING 10 : Main Stores (Technical)
BUILDING 16 : Main Workshop & Engine Repair Shop
BUILDING 156 : Standby Set House
The only part of the Standby Set House from the communal site that remains is this concrete base, the pins were part of the support for the fuel tank that was located on this base.
BUILDING 179 : Commanding Officers Quarters
SITE No.3 (MESS SITE) : Man Hole Cover
SITE No.8 : Latrines
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SITE No.9 : Views of Site No.9
SITE No.11 : Latrines
SITE No.11 : Entrance
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MEMORIAL SITE : Col. J G Round Memorial
MEMORIAL SITE : Diana Princess of Wales Memorial
MISCELLANEOUS : Hayes Green Road
On 8 December 1943 Taxi Driver Harry C Hailstone was murdered by two American Servicemen based at Birch. His taxi was found abandoned in this area of Hayes Green Road and his body was discovered two days later in a ditch near Birch Rectory. The two American Servicemen found guilty of his murder were Private J C Leatherberry and Private George Fowler.
