RAF Barkway

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.HistoryIt was originally opened as a monitor station on 22 June 1942 for the Gee network in the Eastern area.The site was used by the United States Air Forces in Europe . It was part of communications network linking: RAF ChicksandsRAF MildenhallRAF LakenheathRAF FeltwellRAF Molesworth RAF AlconburyRAF Croughton In September 2008 the station was broken into by a BASE jumper who climbed the mast and then jumped off and deployed his parachute.Current useThe site was sold in early 2011 as surplus to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) requirements.