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Royal Air Force Station Great Dunmow or more simply RAF Great Dunmow (Also known as Little Easton) is a former Royal Air Force station in Essex, England. The airfield is located approximately mi west of Great Dunmow, north of the A120; about miles 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. ==History== Great Dunmow was designed as a Class A airfield bomber airfield, built by the US Army 818th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) with specialised work by British contractors. The airfield was built on ancient parkland belonging to Easton Lodge and some 10,000 trees were destroyed to enable its construction,〔(Easton Lodge Gardens: History ) Parks and Gardens UK, accessed 2010-12-17〕〔(The Gardens of Easton Lodge: After Daisy 1938 ) accessed 2010-12-17〕 including over 200 mature oak trees. It consisted of a set of three converging runways each containing a concrete runway for takeoffs and landings, optimally placed at 60 degree angles to each other in a triangular pattern. The runways were a 6,000 ft long main runway, aligned 15/33 and two secondary 4,200 ft long secondary runways, aligned 11/29 and 04/22. An encircling perimeter track was also constructed, containing 50 loop-type hardstands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RAF Great Dunmow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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