RAF Andrews Field

RAF Andrews Field RAF Great Saling USAAF Station 485
Great Dunmow, Essex in England
Wartime photo of Andrews Field, taken on 4 September 1943. Numerous B-26 Marauders of the 322d Bomb Group are on the hardstands surrounding the airfield.
RAF Andrews Field Shown within Essex
Coordinates	51°53′51″N 000°27′37″E / 51.89750°N 0.46028°E / 51.89750; 0.46028
Type	Royal Air Force station RAF Forward Airfield 1944-
Code	GZ[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force 1944- United States Army Air Forces 1943-44
Controlled by	Eighth Air Force (1943–1944) Ninth Air Force (1944) RAF Fighter Command (1944–1945) * No. 11 Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)-43
Built by	US Pioneer Corps
In use	July 1942 - November 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe Normandy Campaign Northern France Campaign
Airfield information
Elevation	88 metres (289 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 02/20 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete/Tarmac 08/26 1,830 metres (6,004 ft) Concrete/Tarmac 14/32 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Concrete/Tarmac

Royal Air Force Andrews Field or more simply RAF Andrews Field (also known as RAF Andrewsfield and RAF Great Saling) is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles (6.4 km) east-northeast of Great Dunmow Essex, England.

Originally designated as Great Saling when designed and under construction, the base was renamed "Andrews Field" in honour of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) General Frank M. Andrews, who was killed in an aircraft crash in Iceland in May 1943.^[2] Andrews Field was primarily the home of the USAAF Ninth Air Force 322d Bombardment Group during the Second World War, which flew the Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber. After being transferred to the Air Ministry in late 1944, it was used briefly by RAF Fighter Command for Gloster Meteor jet fighter testing before being finally closed in late 1945.^[3]

Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property, which is used for agricultural, with a small portion used by the Andrewsfield Flying Club.