Site of Second World War Dispersed Site No. 1 (mess site), RAF Stapleford Tawney Airfield (EHER 16636)

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Summary

This is the site of Dispersed site no. 1 which was a mess site. It was ancillary to RAF Stapleford Tawney Airfield (EHER 16633) during the Second World War.

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Grid reference	Centred TQ 4806 9739 (190m by 284m)
Civil Parish	LAMBOURNE, EPPING FOREST, ESSEX

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Description

Mess site associated with the WWII Second World War airfield; no longer extant, <1>-<3>. Aerial photos <4> <5>.

Sources

<1> SEX59887 Bibliographic reference: Bowyer, M.J.F.. 1979. Action Stations: Wartime Military Airfields of East Anglia Volume 1.
<2> SEX59861 Report: Thorpe, S.. 1996. Military Airfields in Essex During World War Two.
<3> SEX60849 Map: Unknown. 1944. Stapleford Tawney Site Plan.
<4> SEX60851 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1960. 30-119.
<5> SEX60850 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1960. 96-5907, 98-5777, 98-5779.

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