RAF Barkway

RAF Barkway
RAF Barkway
Near Royston, Hertfordshire in England
	RAF Barkway Shown within Hertfordshire
Coordinates	52°00′30″N 000°00′37″E / 52.00833°N 0.01028°E
Type	Royal Air Force station - Non Flying Military Communications
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force; United States Air Force
Condition	Intact
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1942-2011

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.^[1]^[2]

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).^[3] It was part of communications network linking:

In September 2008 the station was broken into by a BASE jumper who climbed the mast and then jumped off and deployed his parachute.^[4]

Current use

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

References

^ http://www.yannone.org/military-bases-Europe.html
^ https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040105/text/40105w26.htm
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.barkway-village.co.uk/news.htm

External links

Photo of RAF Barkway accessed 2008-10-02

[1] ttp://www.yannone.org/military-bases-Europe.html

[2] ttps://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040105/text/40105w26.htm

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttp://www.barkway-village.co.uk/news.htm

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