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RAF Twinwood Farm

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Royal Air Force use
Gallery - RAF aircraft operated at airfield Other RAF Squadrons
United States Army Air Forces use
Glenn Miller
Current use
Glenn Miller Museum
See also
References
Citations Bibliography
External links

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RAF Twinwood Farm is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located {{Convert|4|mi|abbr=on}} north of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. For the majority of the war the airfield was home to RAF night fighters.

Royal Air Force use

Twinwood Farm opened in mid 1941 when the RAF began to use the grassed field. By April 1942 it had three concrete runways and additional temporary buildings.

From then until the end of the war the Bristol Blenheims, Bristol Beaufighters, Bristol Beauforts, Douglas Havocs and de Havilland Mosquitoes of No. 51 Operational Training Unit used 'Twinwoods', as it was generally known.^[1]

Gallery - RAF aircraft operated at airfield

Other RAF Squadrons

No. 26 Squadron RAF.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=33}}
No. 268 Squadron RAF.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=81}}
No. 613 Squadron RAF.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=100}}
No. 169 Squadron RAF.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=64}}
No. 239 Squadron RAF.{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=76}}

In March 1943 North American Mustangs belonging to 164, 169, 239 and 208 Squadrons RAF engaged in Operation Spartan^[1] which occurred between 1 and 12 March 1943 was conducted across southern and central England to test a wide range of procedures and tactics of British and Canadian Forces.^[2]

United States Army Air Forces use

In 1944 the airfield was transferred to the U.S. Eighth Air Force and operated in conjunction with the nearby RAF Thurleigh.^[1]

Glenn Miller

Twinwood Farm was where USAAF Major Glenn Miller's aircraft took off on 15 December 1944 for Paris. His plane disappeared over the English Channel and was never found.

Current use

The airfield closed in June 1945.^[3]

The site is now home to the Twinwood Arena,^[4] a large natural amphitheatre which plays host to various music festivals promoted by Twinwood Events^[5] including the Rhythm Festival.

Glenn Miller Museum

The Glenn Miller Museum is located in the restored control tower and features displays about Glenn Miller, RAF Twinwood Farm, and the Second World War.

Other buildings house different displays including:

Twinwood Aviation Museum - featuring uniforms and artifacts recovered from German and Allied aircraft crash sites, as well as British aviation units and life in Britain during the war.
Rooms of a 1940s family home
Axis Museum - recreation of a German bunker, Russian and German artillery and weapons, and a display about Winston Churchill and the British Royal Family
Fire Service Museum - recreated 1940s wartime fire station with uniforms, equipment and vehicles
Displays of military vehicles

The group of museums are also known as Twinwood Airfield Museum, and are open seasonally.

References

Citations

1. ^¹²Twinwood Airfield Bedfordshire. Wartime Airfield Layout 1944 (website accessed: 28/07/10) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010824182812/http://www.mboss.f9.co.uk/twinwood/aerial.htm |date=24 August 2001 }}
2. ^Modern Air - Fowlmere Aerodrome – a brief history (by Vic Flintham, Dec 2004) (website accessed:28/07/10) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022102020/http://home.btconnect.com/modair/html/history.html |date=22 October 2010 }}
3. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20071023162050/http://www.colindaylinks.com/BedfordLocal/Twinwood.html Travelling Days _ Bedford and District] *(website accessed: 29/07/10)
4. ^twinwood arena {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420103825/http://www.twinwoodevents.com/twinwoodarena.htm |date=20 April 2008 }}
5. ^Glenn Miller Festival and Rhythm Festival at Twinwood Arena

Bibliography

{{cite book |last1=Jefford MBE |first1=Wg Cdr C G |title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife |location= Shrewsbury |isbn= 1-85310-053-6 |ref= {{harvid|Jefford|1988}} }}

External links

Aerial photo of RAF Twinwood Farm from Multimap.Com
Twinwood Farm historical photo album
Twinwood Airfield Museum - site of Glenn Miller Museum
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010824182812/http://www.mboss.f9.co.uk/twinwood/aerial.htm Twinwood Airfield Bedfordshire. Wartime Airfield Layout 1944]

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