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Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall / Beck Row
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16 October 1934
N/A
United States Air Force (Europe)
MHZ
EGUN
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21 April 2011
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​www.mildenhall.af.mil

AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersal No.5


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersal No.14


AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersal No.27


AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Views


AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Warning Signs


AIRFIELD SITE : RAF Mildenhall Main Gate Sign


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 10/28


AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways


AIRFIELD SITE : Windsock


BUILDING 210 : Barrack Block


BUILDING 215 : Barrack Block


BUILDING 238 : Barrack Block


BUILDING 239 : Station Headquarters


BUILDING 243 : Base Cinema / Movie Theatre


BUILDING 301 : WSA Administration Building


BUILDING 302 : Unknown


BUILDING 303 : Unknown


BUILDING 304 : Unknown


BUILDING 305 : Unknown


BUILDING 306 : Unknown


BUILDING 307 : Emergency Water Supply


BUILDING 308 : Unknown


BUILDING 310 : Fuzing Shed


BUILDING 312 : Unknown


BUILDING 313 : Unknown


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 Complex


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 816 : Simulator Building


BUILDING 900 : Military Working Dog Section


BUILDING 1196 : Fuel Installation


BUILDING 1378 : Unknown


BUILDING 1691 : Unknown


SAC WEAPON STORAGE AREA : Open Bomb Stores & 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.

MEMORIAL SITE : King George V Silver Jubilee Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : Lockheed MC-130P Shadow (87-0127) 'WRATH 11' Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : Mildenhall Town Sign


MEMORIAL SITE : POW / MIA Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : The Comet Cinema Memorial


MISCELLANEOUS : Airfield Vehicles


MISCELLANEOUS : The Nook Campsite 'Johns Field'


MUSEUM SITE : The Mildenhall Museum

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