Earl Colne Airfield, Essex (Station 358)
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by Paul Clouting
Home to the 323rd Bomb group from June to
July 1944
To the Southwest of the airfield, the headquarters of Ninth Bomber Command
operated from the Elizabethan mansion of Marks Hall.
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The airfield control tower as it stood in 1996 in use as a private dwelling. Sadly this building was recently demolished. This western side of the airfield now forms part of a thriving and expanding business park. |
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Remains of the firing-in butts as photographed in 1996. Located on the Eastern side of the airfield. |
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Only one of Earls Colnes T-2 aircraft hangers remain. Located on the Eastern side of the airfield, adjacent to the Earls Colne Coggeshall road. Now used as storage for CA Blackwells heavy construction machinery. © Paul Clouting |