Mildenhall

Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall / Beck Row

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16 October 1934
N/A
United States Air Force (Europe)
MHZ
EGUN
e10900
9 March 2010
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www.mildenhall.af.mil

AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersal No.27

AIRFIELD SITE : RAF Mildenhall Main Gate Sign

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 10/28

AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways

BUILDING 210 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 215 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 239 : Station Headquarters

BUILDING 243 : Base Cinema / Movie Theatre

BUILDING 404 : Bob Hope Community Centre

BUILDING 422 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 424 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 425 : Sergeants Mess

BUILDING 426 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 427 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 428 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 435 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 436 : Dining Room

BUILDING 437 : The Galaxy Club

BUILDING 438 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 441 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 442 : Dining Room & Institute

BUILDING 448 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 450 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 464 : Middleton Hall

BUILDING 474 : Team Mildenhall Chapel

BUILDING 478 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 481 : Barrack Block

BUILDING 491 : Unknown

BUILDING 501 : Guardroom

BUILDING 502 : Unknown

BUILDING 505 : Unknown

BUILDING 506 : Dome Trainer

BUILDING 507 : Water Tower

BUILDING 511 : Mechanical Transport Garages & Yard

BUILDING 512 : Mechanical Transport Garages & Yard

BUILDING 514 : Articulated Vehicle Shed

BUILDING 516 : Articulated Vehicle Shed

BUILDING 517 : Petrol Tanker Shed

BUILDING 520 : Unknown

BUILDING 521 : Lubricant & Inflammables Store

BUILDING 523 : Unknown

BUILDING 528 : Hangar / Type 'A' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 534 : Unknown

BUILDING 538 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

This building was demolished between May 2011 and May 2012.

BUILDING 539 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 543 : Unknown

BUILDING 544 : Unknown

BUILDING 545 : Main Stores

BUILDING 550 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 554 : Armoury

BUILDING 555 : Petrol Tanker Shed

BUILDING 562 : Station Headquarters

BUILDING 564 : Education Services

BUILDING 575 : Unknown

This building was demolished between April and July 2015.

BUILDING 576 : Unknown

BUILDING 581 : Ready Use Pyrotechnic Store

BUILDING 582 : Hangar / Type 'A' Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 586 : Unknown

This building was demolished between April and July 2015.

BUILDING 595 : Guard Post

BUILDING 598 : Passenger Terminal

BUILDING 610 : Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 611 : Unknown

BUILDING 613 : MOD Police Station & Criminal Investigation Department

BUILDING 616 : Unknown

BUILDING 631 : 100 FSS Marketing Department & Squadron Training Management

BUILDING 639 : Unknown

BUILDING 641 : Unknown

BUILDING 644 : 100 FSS Maintenance Shop

BUILDING 645 : 100th Security Forces Operations Centre

BUILDING 657 : Unknown

BUILDING 669 : Control Tower, Airfield Management, Operations, Fire Department & Transient Alert

BUILDING 675 : Unknown

BUILDING 680 : Unknown

BUILDING 711 : Hangar

BUILDING 715 : Maintenance Hangar

BUILDING 768 : Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed

BUILDING 769 : Hangar

BUILDING 774 : Hangar

BUILDING 775 : Hangar

BUILDING 782 : Unknown

BUILDING 803 : Maintenance Hangar

BUILDING 809 : 100th Operations Group / 351st Air Refueling Squadron

BUILDING 814 : Maintenance Hangar

BUILDING 1196 : Fuel Installation

BUILDING 1691 : Unknown

WEAPON STORAGE AREA : Loading Gantry

MEMORIAL SITE : 9/11 Memorial

MEMORIAL SITE : Comet Way Estate Road Names

Comet Way Estate road names are named to commemorate the 1934 MacRobertson International Air Race, Mildenhall to Melbourne.
The road names are maned after the following:

Amy Johnson Court
Boeing Way
Campbell Close
Charles Melrose Close
Comet Way
Courier Close
Darwin Close
De Havilland Court
Douglas Park
Fairy Fox Drive
Fincham Road
Flemington Close
Granville Gardens
Grosvenor House Court
Heyford Court
Jim Mollison Court
MacPherson Robertson Way
Melbourne Drive
Miles Hawk Way
Oxford Close
Scott Avenue
Wells Court

Participant in the Air Race, flying with Jim Mollison in DH-88 Comet (G-ACSP) 'Black Magic'.
Boeing 247D (NR257Y) ' Warner Bros Comet' was an aircraft that took part in the air race.
Captain Tom Campbell Black, was the winner in De Havilland DH-88 Comet (G-ACSS) 'Grosvenor House'.
Charles 'Jimmy' Melrose was the youngest and only solo pilot in the race flying DH-80 Puss Moth (VH-UQO).
De Havilland DH-88 Comet aircraft took part in the air race.
Airspeed AS.5 Courier (G-ACJL) was an aircraft that took part in the air race.
Darwin was the last stop before heading to Melbourne.
De Havilland DH-80 Puss Moth, DH-88 Comet and DH-89 Dragon Rapide aircraft took part in the air race.
KLM Douglas DC-2 (PH-AJU) 'Ulver' aircraft took part in the air race.
Fairy Fox I (G-ACXO) was an aircraft that took part in the air race.
Connection to the air race is not currently known.
The destination was Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne.
Granville Miller DeLackner Gee Bee R-6H (NX14307) was an aircraft that took part in the air race.
De Havilland DH-88 Comet (G-ACSS) 'Grosvenor House' was the winning aircraft in the air race.
Handley Page Heyford was the aircraft type based at Mildenhall at the time of the air race.
Participant in the Air Race, flying with Amy Johnson in DH-88 Comet (G-ACSP) 'Black Magic'.
The race was named after Sir Macpherson’s business, MacRobertson’s Steam Confectionary Works.
The destination was Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne.
Miles M.2F Hawk (ZK-ADJ) was an aircraft that took part in the air race.
Connection to the air race is not currently known.
Flight Lieutenant Charles William Anderson Scott, Winner in DH-88 Comet 'Grosvenor House'.
Connection to the air race is not currently known.