| RAF Great Dunmow RAF Little Easton USAAF Station AAF-164  .png)   | |||||||||||
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| Bishops Stortford, Essex in England | |||||||||||
 Aerial photograph of Great Dunmow airfield 30 May 1944. | |||||||||||
  RAF Great Dunmow Shown within Essex | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°53′05″N 000°18′32″E / 51.88472°N 0.30889°E | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | GD | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | United States Army Air Forces 1943-1944 Royal Air Force 1944-1946 British Army 1946-1948 | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1944-46 | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1942/43 | ||||||||||
| Built by | U.S. Army | ||||||||||
| In use | July 1943 - April 1958 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 99 metres (325 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Great Dunmow or more simply RAF Great Dunmow is a former Royal Air Force station in the parish of Little Easton, Essex, England. The airfield is located approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) mi west of Great Dunmow, north of the A120; about 42 miles (68 km) northeast of London
Opened in 1943, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the war, primarily as a bomber airfield. The airfield was closed in 1948.
Today the airfield is located on private land primarily used for agriculture.
- ^ Falconer 1998, p. 41.