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Ridgewell, Essex

Ridgewell
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29 December 1942
31 March 1957
Gliding / Agriculture
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Facebook - 381st BG at Ridgewell in WW2
Ridgewell Air Field Commemorative Museum
Essex Gliding Club

AIRFIELD SITE : 360 Degree Aerial Video of RAF Ridgewell Airfield

360 Degree Aerial Video of RAF Ridgewell Airfield - 9 March 2025

AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of RAF Ridgewell Airfield


AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial View of the Bomb Stores


AIRFIELD SITE : Old Road


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 10/28


AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 17/35


AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways


AIRFIELD SITE No.3 : Baseball Field


AIRFIELD SITE No.3 : Blast Shelters


AIRFIELD SITE No.3 : Roadways


AIRFIELD SITE No.4 : Aerial Views


AIRFIELD SITE No.4 : Graffiti in the Concrete


AIRFIELD SITE No.5 : Unknown


AIRFIELD SITE No.6 : Air Raid Shelters


AIRFIELD SITE No.6 : Roadways


AIRFIELD SITE No.7 : Air Raid Shelters


AIRFIELD SITE No.7 : Roadways


AIRFIELD SITE No.14 : M & E Plinth


AIRFIELD SITE No.14 : Roadways


BUILDING 44 : Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed​


BUILDING 83 : Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed​


BUILDING 103 : Picket Post


BUILDING 175 : Gymnasium


BUILDING 174 : Standby Set House


BUILDING 205 : Grocery & Local Produce Store​


BUILDING 206 : Ration Store


BUILDING 207 : Sergeants Mess


BUILDING 211 : Dining Room


BUILDING 212 : Institute


BUILDING 213 : Fuel Store Compound


BUILDING 214 : Airmens Latrines


BUILDING 239 : Sergeants & Airmens Ablutions​


BUILDING 277 : ​Picket Post 


BUILDING 284 : ​Airmens Quarters


BUILDING 310 : ​Airmens Ablutions & Latrines


BUILDING 311 : ​Airmens Quarters


BUILDING 545 : Baths & Latrines​


BUILDING 547 : ​Decontamination Block & Laundry


BUILDING 598 : Latrines​


BUILDING 599 : ​Sick Quarters


BUILDING 602 : ​Ambulance Garage & Mortuary


MEMORIAL SITE : 381st BG Isle of Man Tragedy Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : 381st BG Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : ​Boeing B-17 (42-30024) 'Caroline' Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : ​Church of St Laurence, Ridgewell


MEMORIAL SITE : ​RAF Ridgewell Memorial


MEMORIAL SITE : ​RAF Ridgewell Memorial Information Board


MEMORIAL SITE : ​Ridgewell Congregational Church


MEMORIAL SITE : ​Runway Memorial Plaque


MEMORIAL SITE : Tony Ince & David Osborne Memorial


MISCELLANEOUS : Old Coin


MUSEUM SITE : Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum​

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