Duxford

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For the branch of the Imperial War Museum located in the village, see Imperial War Museum Duxford.

Duxford
Duxford shown within Cambridgeshire
Population	1,836 736 (2001)
OS grid reference	TL481461
District	South Cambridgeshire
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cambridge
Postcode district	CB22
Dialling code	01223
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	South Cambridgeshire
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°05′32″N 0°09′34″E / 52.09226, 0.15944

Duxford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, some ten miles south of Cambridge. Duxford gives its name to RAF Duxford, a former Royal Air Force airfield that was used as a sector station during the Battle of Britain. Duxford Aerodrome was the home of Douglas Bader's Big Wing during that battle. Duxford airfield later became a fighter airfield for the United States Army Air Forces operating P47 Thunderbolt aircraft, it is now the Imperial War Museum Duxford.

After the war, the airfield fell into disuse until it was used in the motion picture The Battle of Britain. During that production one of the hangars was blown up to simulate a Luftwaffe bombing raid. Later it was purchased by the Imperial War Museum.