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Fowlmere Airfield
NearRoyston,Hertfordshire in England
Location
Fowlmere Airfield Shown within Cambridgeshire
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)/40
In use	1940-
Airfield information
Elevation	38 metres (125 ft)AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 07/25 710 metres (2,329 ft) Grass 00/00  Sommerfeld Tracking

Fowlmere Airfield (ICAO:EGMA) is a privately owned airfield located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast ofRoyston,Hertfordshire and 8.8 miles (14.2 km) southwest ofCambridge. It was previously aRoyal Air Forcesatellite station,RAF Fowlmere.

Flying at Fowlmere Airfield originated during the First World War. In 1918 (the last year of the war), the airfield was used by threeRoyal Air Force (RAF) squadrons,No. 124 Squadron RAF,No. 125 Squadron RAF, andNo. 126 Squadron RAF.^[1]

Flying cadets of theAir Service, United States Army were trained at Fowlmere by RAF instructors, prior to thei cadets being deployed to theWestern Front.^[2] By 1923, the deserted hangars and assorted buildings had been demolished.

During the Second World War, Fowlmere was a satellite forRAF Fighter Command at nearbyRAF Duxford and was used by 19 Squadron withSupermarine Spitfires^[3] along with:

• No. 2 Squadron RAF.^[4]
• No. 15 Squadron RAF.^[5]
• No. 16 Squadron RAF.^[5]
• No. 21 Squadron RAF.^[6]
• No. 111 Squadron RAF.^[7]
• No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron RAF.^[8]
• No. 154 Squadron RAF.^[9]
• No. 167 Squadron RAF.^[10]
• No. 174 Squadron RAF.^[11]
• No. 264 Squadron RAF.^[12]
• No. 411 (Canadian) Squadron RAF.^[13]
• No. 421 (Canadian) Squadron RAF.^[14]
• No. 655 Squadron RAF.^[15]

When the airfield was turned over to the USAAF, Fowlmere was expanded to meet the requirements of a complete fighter group. The airfield was assigned USAAF designation Station 378 It was allocated to theUnited States Army Air ForcesEighth Air Force fighter command.

USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Fowlmere were:^[16]

• 314th Service Group^[17]
• 467th Service Squadron; HHS 314th Service Group
• 331st Service Group^[18]
• 464th and 465th Service Squadrons; HHS 331s Service Group
• 18th Weather Squadron
• 72nd Station Complement Squadron
• 861st Engineer Aviation Battalion
• 1178th Quartermaster Company
• 1786th Ordnance Supply & Maintenance Company
• 989th Military Police Company
• 2120th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

The339th Fighter Group arrived at Fowlmere from Rice AAF,California on 4 April 1944. The group was under the command of the 66th Fighter Wing of the VIII Fighter Command. Aircraft of the group were identified by a red/white chequerboard pattern.

With the departure of the Americans following the end of the war, Fowlmere was used byNo. 11 Group RAF RAF Fighter Command until January 1946. It was then closed and placed into care and maintenance status, before being sold back to local farmers in 1957. The airfield's concreted areas and buildings of were ground intoaggregate and sold for use in local construction projects.^{[citation needed]}

The airfield is in active use, with new management as of November 2020.^[19] It is home to the British Aerobatic Academy and the Modern Air flying club. There is a grass runway 07/25, with PPR (Prior Permission Required) necessary to land.

Fowlmere Airfield Museum is on-site, open one Sunday per month.

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

• Jefford, C G (1988).RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912.Shrewsbury: Airlife.ISBN 978-1-85310-053-6.
• USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to presentArchived 22 January 2010 at theWayback Machine
• 339th Fighter Group on www.littlefriends.co.ukArchived 25 January 2018 at theWayback Machine

• Bowyer, Michael J.F. (1987).Action Stations: Military Airfields of Cambridgeshire. Wellingborough, UK: Stephens. pp. 84–87.ISBN 978-0-85059-823-0.
• Freeman, Roger A. (1992).The Mighty Eighth in Color. Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers.ISBN 978-0-933424-57-9.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983).Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 978-0-89201-092-9.
• Smith, Graham (1997). "Fowlmere".Cambridgeshire Airfields in the Second World War. Newbury , UK: Countryside.ISBN 978-1-85306-456-2.

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• Fowlmere Airfield website
• British Aerobatic Academy website
• Modern Air flying club's website
• Fowlmere Airfield Museum website

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