Bradwell Bay
BRADWELL BAY: Military aerodrome (also known as BRADWELL-juxta-MARE)
Note: Picture by the author.
Military users: RAF Fighter Command 11 Group
29 Sqdn (DH Mosquitos)
64, 126, 312 [Czech] & 611 (West Lancashire) Sqdns (Vickers-Supermarine Spitfires)
418 RCAF [Canadian] Sqdn (Douglas A-20 Bostons)
456 RAAF (Australian) Sqdn (DH Mosquitos)
488 RNZAF [New Zealand] Sqdn (DH Mosquitos)
501 Sqdn (Hawker Tempests)
605 (County of Warwick) Sqdn (Flying DH Mosquito Mk.VI types)
Location: W of Bradwell Waterside, SW of Weymarks, NW of East Hall, 6nm NNE of Southminster
Period of operation: 1941 to 1946
Runways: 06/24 1728x46 hard 17/35 914x46 hard
12/30 1280x46 hard
NOTES: One of the WW2 airfields equipped with FIDO - to disperse fog.
It seems that Spitfires from BRADWELL BAY were used, with good results, as bombers (not unusual later in WW2). Equipped with two 500lb bombs they were employed attacking V.1 and V.2 launching sites.
Later became part of the site of a nuclear power station.
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