The first occupants of the airfield were the 386th Bomb Group who moved in from Boxted on the 25th September 1943, this group were equipped with the Boeing B26s. The 386th along with three other Groups was transferred to the Ninth Airforce on the 16th October 1943. By the middle of November 1943 the group along with 332nd was placed in the 99th Bomb Wing which had set up its headquarters at Great Dunmow. 

The Group stayed at Great Dunmow until 2nd October 1944 when it left for an airfield at Beaumont-Sur-Oise in France. The airfield was handed back to the Royal Airforce and two squadrons arrived within two weeks of the Americans leaving. They were No 190 with their Short Sterling IV's and No 260 also with Short Stirling's a few days after. Both of these squadrons were in No 38 Group.

The end of 1944 saw the airfield very active with Horsa Gliders as there were two Glider servicing units now based at Great Dunmow. No 1526 Blind Approach Training Unit equipped with Airspeed Oxfords along with an Operational Refresher Training unit were also based there.

By the end of 1945 both Short's Sterling squadrons had left Great Dunmow, at present I have no date for when the airfield was closed. However there are memorials along the A120 near where the airfield was and a memorial chapel at the Little Easton Parish Church which stands on the edge of the old airfield.

United States Airforce Squadrons

 818^th US Engineer Aviation Battalion

 http://www.controltowers.co.uk/G/Great_Dunmow.htm

 http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,104367,00.html?home_page_id=104367

http://www.airfield-research-group.co.uk/airfield_history_example.htm

 386^th Bomb Group

 http://usaaf.com/8thaf/bomber/386bg.HTM

 http://www.web-birds.com/9th/386/386.html

 Ninth Bomb Group

 99^th Bomb Wing

 533^rd Squadron

 Royal Airforce

 No 190 squadron

 No 620 Squadron

 No 38 Group

 No 1526 Blind approach training unit

 Boeing B-26s

 Douglas A-26 (Invader) 

Short Stirling IV’s