Royal Air Force Station Barkway or more simply RAF Barkway was one of the smallest
Royal Air Force station
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s in the United Kingdom. It was a Communications Station and was a small collection of buildings and a large radio mast.
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:
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RAF Chicksands
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RAF Mildenhall
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RAF Lakenheath
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RAF Feltwell
Royal Air Force Feltwell or more simply RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is used by the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. The station is located about 10 miles west of Thetford, and i ...
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RAF Molesworth (via
RAF Chelveston)
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RAF Alconbury
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RAF Croughton
Royal Air Force Croughton or more simply RAF Croughton is a Royal Air Force station which is currently a United States Air Force communications station in Northamptonshire, England. It is southeast of the village of Croughton. The station is ...
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
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(MOD) requirements.
See also
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List of former Royal Air Force stations
References
External links
Photo of RAF Barkway accessed 2008-10-02
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Installations of the United States Air Force in the United Kingdom
Royal Air Force stations in Hertfordshire
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