Ipswich, Suffolk

Ipswich / Nacton / Ravenswood
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26 June 1930
January 1998
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AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial View of Ipswich Airport

AIRFIELD SITE : Control Tower, Clubhouse and Passenger Terminal

AIRFIELD SITE : Pickett Hamilton Fort

LOCATED AT : ​52.02838241519427, 1.197959607346427​
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AIRFIELD SITE : Pickett Hamilton Fort

LOCATED AT : ​52.024197, 1.190020
EDOFBID : ​e01497

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 08/26

AIRFIELD SITE : Type FW3/22 Pillbox

LOCATED AT : ​52.025532, 1.200459
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MEMORIAL SITE : Aviation Related Road Names

​Bader Close
Campbell Road
Cheshire Close
Cobham Road
Cody Road
​Cranwell Crescent
Demoiselle Crescent
​​Edith Cook Way
​Firefly Way
​Garland Close
​Gibson Close
Halton Crescent
​Hannah Crescent
​Harrier Close
​Hening Avenue
​Hilton Road
​Hunter Road
Hurricane Place
Lindbergh Road
Lysander Drive
Malcolm Road
Martinet Green
Nicholson Close
Reid Close
Spitfire Close
Uxbridge Crescent
Witney Close
Wright Road
​Wyvern Road
​Named after Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader (Royal Air Force).
Donald Edward Garland VC (Royal Air Force).
​Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC (Royal Air Force).
​Named after Sir Alan Cobham, an aviation pioneer.
Named after Samuel Cody, an aviation pioneer.​
​Named after RAF Crranwell.
​Named after an early french aircraft.
​Early British parachutist, balloonist, and aviator, recognised as Britain's first female pilot.
Named after the Fairey Firefly aircraft.
​Donald Edward Garland VC (Royal Air Force).
​Guy Penrose Gibson VC (Royal Air Force).
Named after RAF Halton.
John Hannah VC (Royal Air Force).
Named after the Harrier jet aircraft.
Named after Robert Hening MBE, one of the architects who designed the airport terminal building.
​Connection not known.
Named after the Hunter jet aircraft.
Named after an aircraft type based at RAF Ipswich in WW2.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, American Aviation Pioneer.
Named after the Lysander aircraft.
Hugh Gordon Malcolm VC (Royal Air Force).
Named after the Martinet aircraft.
Eric James Brindley Nicolson VC (Royal Air Force), please note the road name is spelt incorrectly.
William Reid VC (Royal Air Force).
Named after an aircraft type based at RAF Ipswich in WW2.
Named after RAF Uxbridge.
Named after the Witney aircraft.
​Named after Orville and Wilbur Wright, early aviation pioneers.
Named after the Westland Wyvern aircraft.

MEMORIAL SITE : Air Force Pilots Memorial Oak Tree

Christchurch Park, Ipswich

MEMORIAL SITE : Formation Sculpture

MEMORIAL SITE : Handstanding Sculpture

MEMORIAL SITE : Propellor Sculpture

MISCELLANEOUS : Boulton & Paul Hangar​

This hangar was one of the original Ipswich Airport hangars, after closure of the airfield and prior to the redevelopment of the site, the hangar was relocated to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton.

MISCELLANEOUS : Ipswich Airport Plaques and Signs

These are all on display at either the Ipswich Transport Museum or the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum.

MISCELLANEOUS : Ipswich Town Sign

MISCELLANEOUS : Railings with Propellor