14 Facts About Duxford Aerodrome

Duxford Aerodrome has a Civil Aviation Authority Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.

On 6 July 1935, Duxford hosted a Silver Jubilee Review before King George V who observed 20 squadrons from a dais on the aerodrome.

RAF Duxford Aerodrome was the southern most station in the area covered by 12 Group under the command of Air Vice-Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

Duxford Aerodrome was placed in a high state of readiness, and to create space for additional units at Duxford Aerodrome, 19 Squadron moved to nearby RAF Fowlmere.

In recognition of the efforts, achievements and sacrifices made by the squadrons and airmen during the Battle of Britain, the "gate guard" aircraft on display at the entrance gate to IWM Duxford Aerodrome is a Hawker Hurricane II, squadron code WX-E of No 302 Squadron, Serial No P2954, flown by Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Pawel Chlopik, RAF.

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Duxford Aerodrome became the home of several specialist units, including the Air Fighting Development Unit, which moved to the station in December 1940.

Duxford Aerodrome airfield was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces on 1 April 1943 and then became known by the USAAF as "Station 357 ".

Duxford Aerodrome was the initial home of the 5th Air Defense Wing which arrived from Norfolk Municipal Airport, Virginia on 3 July 1943.

Two years later, Duxford Aerodrome was chosen to provide the aircraft for the 1953 Coronation Flypast.

Duxford Aerodrome was too far south and too far inland to be strategically important and the costly improvements required for modern supersonic fighters could not be justified.

In 1968 Duxford Aerodrome was used as one of the locations for the shooting of the film Battle of Britain.

Ironically this was the nearest Duxford came to being destroyed as no significant wartime German raids were carried out on the aerodrome.

Duxford Aerodrome was used as one of the locations for filming in 1989 for the Hollywood movie Memphis Belle, with flying sequences flown from the airfield site.

Today, RAF Duxford Aerodrome is owned by the Imperial War Museum and is the site of the Imperial War Museum Duxford Aerodrome, and the American Air Museum.