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Operation Desert Storm, when they were augmented by 1200 USAF medical personnel from USAF medical Center, Wilford Hall, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The facility was used to treat minor physical injuries and possible PTSD patients. The unit was deactivated in 1992. Between 1979 and 1992, the RAFGSA Centre allowed US servicemen from
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Scramble is an open day event held at Bicester Heritage, which largely takes place within the former RAF Bicester Technical Site. The event welcomes 6,500 - 8,000 visitors each day, usually three or four times a year. The specialist businesses based at Bicester Heritage often open their workshops
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by
Bicester Motion Limited which has created the UK's first business park dedicated to historic motoring and aviation, named Bicester Heritage. Bicester Heritage aims to bring together the UK's cottage industry of automotive specialists in order to promote not just the preservation but, specifically,
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In 2018 Bicester Motion achieved unanimous planning approval from
Cherwell District Council for the construction of eight new buildings to the southern edge of the former RAF Technical Site, adjacent to Skimmingdish Lane. The £10.4m project was completed in 2020 and now houses many modern automotive
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During the late 1990s, The
Welbeck Estate Group/Hodge Group acquired 300 post-war and modern Officers and NCO married quarters on the Stratton Fields and The Rowans housing estate. In the late 1990s, plans were proposed to develop the airfield for housing and industry, but they were abandoned due to
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StarterMotor was founded in 2016 to support Heritage Skills Academy, the historic automotive apprenticeship training college at Bicester Heritage. It has established itself as the sector's only charity solely focused on introducing the next generation of automotive enthusiasts to
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The airfield is now operated by The
Bicester Aerodrome Company, a part of the Bicester Motion Ltd. group as an unlicensed airfield. Private operators such as Finest Hour Experiences and Motor Glide offer flight training and experience flights from the airfield in addition to privately owned powered
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specialist businesses, including synthetic fuel manufacturer ZERO Petroleum, electric vehicle manufacturers Zapp
Electric Vehicles and The Little Car Company. The development now called 'The Command Works' represents the first new buildings to be constructed at the former RAF base in c.80 years.
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was taken by road to RAF Bicester and assembled in secret there before the company's chief test pilot Major Jim Cordes and flight test observer E A 'Ginger' Wright made its first flight on 25 October 1939. The type went on to become the first four-engined bomber to drop bombs on
Germany in the
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briefly used the
Technical and Domestic Area for storage. In 1982 the USAF created a wartime contingency hospital with 500 beds and all ancillary medical services using restored RAF World War II dormitories. There were between 12 and 20 USAF personnel stationed on site until the beginning of
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The airfield consists of 400 acres (160 ha) of well-drained short-mown grass, with two mown grass runways of 06/24 (650 m (2,133 ft)) and 16/34 (790 m (2,592 ft)) long. The airfield surface is bumpy in places, due to collapsing
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Mark Beard. The annual shrieval awards recognise individuals in
Oxfordshire who have made outstanding contributions to the communities in which they live and work, in particular those who have made contributions to supporting young people.
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deployed medical personnel to the site, and equipped a number of buildings in both the Technical and Domestic area as a hospital. This was done in anticipation of large numbers of casualties that never materialised, during the 1991
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The majority the historic buildings in the former-RAF Technical Site have been restored for occupation by automotive tenants. In the ten years of operation to 2023, the Conservation Area of RAF Bicester has been removed from the
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In 2023 Bicester Heritage celebrated its 10th anniversary at the former RAF Bicester aerodrome. The established business campus is home to fifty businesses, from the governing body of British Motorsport,
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and showrooms as part of the event. A large number of automotive displays of all eras are usually found at these events, showing cars from veteran and vintage, through to classic and modern classic.
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Flywheel was first launched at Bicester Heritage in 2015 as an event to showcase automotive and aviation activity to visitors. The event ran on consecutive years until 2018 when it partnered with
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In 1976, the RAF ceased to use the airfield as a military base, but still maintained staff there to run the gliding training operation as adventure training for servicemen. In the mid-1980s, the
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911:', and has since gone on to win multiple awards including Conservation and Regeneration at the SECBE Constructing Excellence Awards. The second phase of restored buildings were unveiled by
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448:. This insignia had been hastily whitewashed over to disguise it for the journey. At 6 am on the 23rd February 1940 all twelve aircraft took off for the first leg from RAF Bicester to
297:"The most complete and strongly representative example of an RAF airbase from the interwar expansion, built as a bomber station as part of the 1920s Home Defence Expansion Scheme."
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was taking off from the airfield but crashed just outside the perimeter, killing all four people aboard. Incorrect trim tab settings were thought to have caused the accident.
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In 1925, work began on redeveloping the site as a bomber station, and flying began again in January 1928. Various large RAF bombers operated from the field, including the
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Development of the station continued throughout this period, with many new buildings being erected. This included the construction of a connection from the nearby '
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In 2023, StarterMotor's CEO David Withers was awarded a High Sheriff Award for his contribution to supporting young people in the county by the High Sheriff of
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The aircraft had been stripped of armaments and non-essential equipment, with all RAF livery removed and replaced with the blue swastika, the insignia of the
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The site regularly hosts automotive events, whilst acting as a venue for larger shows including Build It Live and the world's largest vegan festival,
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to become members. US servicemen, from the US Armed Forces family housing next to the airfield in Bicester, learnt to fly at Bicester as a result.
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Bombers (delivered in 1937) were insufficient and further air support from Britain was needed. Due to Britain's delicate political situation with
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also visited for the event. Returning a Bristol Blenheim to the grass airfield of the former RAF Bicester was a remarkable nod to the location's
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The Watch Office (it pre-dates radio control, therefore is a Watch Office but commonly referred to as a Control Tower) at Bicester Heritage, 2020
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on take-off, killing all three crew members. Just four days later, a second Blenheim crashed in an identical accident, again with no survivors.
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history, as a representative of the Aircraft Restoration Company, who maintain the Blenheim at
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historic motoring, careers and events. Academy and college support has now been extended to
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Organised flying began in 1916 when a Training Depot was established. In January 1917, the
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aircraft and glider activity. Most recently the airfield was visited by the only flying
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strong local opposition and the historic nature of the site. In 2002,
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2066:"Thousands at Bicester Heritage for anniversary Flywheel Event"
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In June 2004, the RAF Gliding and Soaring Association moved to
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Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
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of 1939 between Finland and Russia had proved that 18 Finnish
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In July 1940, the second RAF Bomber Command Training Group (
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bomber arrived, followed in 1939 by two more squadrons with
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were used until more substantial aircraft sheds were built.
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The Imitation Game (2014) - Filming & production - IMDb
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The Bristol Blenheim with MK 1 Spitfire at Flywheel, 2023
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No. 420 Repair & Salvage Unit RAF (February 1944)
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officially opened Building 141, the headquarters of
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arrived. In November 1932, the only RAF squadron of
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919:. The site has appeared as a film location in
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2117:"'Build It Live' 2023 at Bicester Heritage"
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2038:Calderwood, Dave (20 February 2023).
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1188:. London: Putnam. pp. 387–388.
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1222:"IBCC - Losses - 13 OTU (08-04-40)"
850:. The airfield became home to both
684:Ferry Training Flight, Bicester RAF
633:(September 1941 - May 1942) became
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1988:"Review: Finest Hour Experiences"
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1858:Jonathan Bell (6 July 2023).
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2423:. Air-Britain (Historians).
2404:. UK: Ian Allan Publishing.
2402:RAF Airfields of World War 2
1910:Keely, Adam (15 July 2021).
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