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RAF Barkway

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Condition
  
Intact

Elevation
  
152 m

Owner
  
Ministry of Defence

In use
  
1942-2011 (2011)

Year built
  
1941

RAF Barkway

Type
  
Royal Air Force station - Non Flying Military Communications

Operator
  
Royal Air Force United States Air Force

Royal Air Force Station Barkway or more simply RAF Barkway was one of the smallest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom. It was a Communications Station and was a small collection of buildings and a large radio mast.

Contents

History

It was originally opened as a monitor station on 22 June 1942 for the Gee (navigation) network in the Eastern area.

The site was used by the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). It was part of communications network linking:

  • RAF Chicksands
  • RAF Mildenhall
  • RAF Lakenheath
  • RAF Feltwell
  • RAF Molesworth (via RAF Chelveston)
  • RAF Alconbury
  • RAF Croughton

    • In September 2008 the station was broken into by a BASE jumper who climbed the mast and then jumped off and deployed his parachute.

    Current use

    The site was sold in early 2011 as surplus to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) requirements.

    References

    RAF Barkway Wikipedia
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