dakota2
November 27, 2005 at 11:40 am

Stansted Airport 1942-44

😎 Can anyone tell me if Stansted Airport was used prior to 1942-44 as (AAF base 169) and were there any B.17’s station there, prior to 344 BG ‘s arrival ?

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By: goof - 27th November 2005 at 19:50

Stansted

Stansted only had B17’s (and P47’s) in storage during 1945. They were never operational, only B26 Marauders flew missions from Stansted during 1944.
My sources are “Stansted-the war years” published by BAA, and “Essex Airfields in WW2” BY Graham Smith.
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By: Denis - 27th November 2005 at 15:22

As far as I am aware The airfield construction started in 1942. The only B-17’s associated with Stansted were those in storage at the end of the war and not used operationally.