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Memorial Site. 322nd Bombardment Group Memorial #02 - 6th May 2007
RAF Andrewsfield, Essex |
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| Long may these memorials remain and allow us to erect more. Time is moving along and time can not move back - move forward and move along. |
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Taxiway at the North of the airfield. Looking South West - 6th May 2007
RAF Boreham, Essex |
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| Thankyou for posting these great pictures. I lived in Chelmsford until I moved to California in 1974. My parents were both in the R.A.F during WW II and were stationed at various locations ,however not at Boreham. A friend and myself used to sneak onto the property in the 60s to fish the lakes. My mother was employed by a gentleman who tried his hand at motor racing in his XK120 at Boreham while it was in use as a racecourse. I never did get to see the track or runways but heard lots of stories about the wartime and the later racing exploits of the daredevils who used no safety equipment which is so standard today. I found this site as I am researching the famous Scottish racing team ecurie ecosse and have purchased memorabilia relating to Boreham and other airfields around England and Scotland. Usually when in Chelmsford I try to find another old wartime airfield to visit even though there may be nothing left just being there to honor the men and women who gave us our freedom is a great feeling. Thanks and best regards David. |
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| Hi Richard
The boreham site at chelmsford, is run by the essex air ambulance and essex police Helicopters,
this field is in proces of being ripped up and to be used by property developers
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Memorial Site. EAAGA Memorial #06 - 6th May 2007
RAF Great Dunmow, Essex |
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| This plaque is now missing, last photographed 5/2007. Lets get it replaced. To whoever removed this....shame on you. What a moral crime. |
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Unknown Site. Unknown - 19th May 2007
RAF Earls Colne, Essex |
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| The "Unknown Site" showing hard standing is 50m to the north of the memorial 10th scale airfield at Marks Hall. Possibly bomb storage and loading area |
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Unknown Site. Air Raid Shelter - 19th May 2007
RAF Earls Colne, Essex |
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| The "Unknown Site, Air RAid Shelter" is on the memorial 10th scale airfield at Marks Hall Arboretum |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Main Entrance #01 - 23rd May 2007
RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
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| Past through those gates on many occasions whilst serving at RAF Coltishall during a 10 1/2 year period at the base. |
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Memorial Site. Scottow Cemetery #01 - 23rd May 2007
RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
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| My late mother loved this place because of the peace and quiet. When she was dying the place she wanted to visit was here.
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Miscellaneous. Blickling Hall #03 - 23rd May 2007
RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
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| I wonder where the bathrooms are !! |
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| In answer to your query about the bathrooms in Blickling Hall,near RAF Oulton----According to former 214(FMS) (BS) Squadron pilot ,Murray Peden,in his excellent book "A Thousand Shall Fall " ( "Bomber " Harris's favourite book !), the members of RAF Oulton Officers Mess,which was in the grounds of Blickling Hall,were offered the use of the Hall's bathrooms,which were on the top floor,and only had cold water ( very bracing,it seems,but then men were men in those days !). |
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Miscellaneous. Blickling Hall #04. RAF Oulton Heritage Room - 23rd May 2007
RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
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| I have recently been researching the wartime endeavours of A/S/Ldr Ralph Van Den Bok, DFC**, as part of whose crew my father,F/O John Mills flew on Operations with No.214 squadron ( B17 F & G ) in 1944-45. It is good to find S/Ldr Van Den Bok's name here on this board !!He was,earlier in WW 2, a Wireless Op / Air Gunner with no. 408 (Goose) squadron,flying in H-P Hampdens.Promoted to Flight Lt.,and made squadron Gunnery Leader,he was awarded the DFC in August 1942.Soon afterwards,he was shot down over enemy territory,by night-fighter "Ace", Wilhelm Herget.He evaded capture,returned to England,and was awarded a 2nd DFC.Then he vanishes from the scene for some time,re-training as a pilot( I assume ), and joins 214 squadron towards the end of 1944.After flying 17 "Ops" in Boeing "Flying Fortress" A/c, he was awarded a 3rd DFC in 1945.My father never once,in all his life,mentioned him !!! |
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Norwich Cathedral. The Battle of Britain Lace - 24th May 2007
Memorial at Norwich, Norfolk (various locations) |
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| Can the origin of this panel be confirmed?
I believe it was either presented to RAF Coltishall by Sir Winston Churchill, or was returned from Canada and presented to RAF Coltishall by Selincourt Ltd on 19th July 1973.
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Airfield & Technical Site. Armoury (Remains of) - 22nd May 2007
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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| If these remains were situated between No's 2 and 3 Hangars, they are the remains of what was originally the Station armoury. Immediately after WWII this armoury was converted into a secure research facility, - a very highly classified laboratory in which research and development of radar and comm's countermeasures was carried out. Another armoury was being built elsewhere on the technical site. |
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Aerial View. RAF Abingdon Airfield #02 - 14th January 2007
RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire |
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| Where the 50th anniversary of the R.A.F. air display took place back in 1968. The Wellington now at Hendon looked lovely parked on the grass with the other historic aircraft in the static area there. The goverment of the time lent no support atall to the proceedings, no change there then! |
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Memorial #04 - 7th April 2007
RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
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| Hello Richard....any chance of copies of the memorial photos via Macs email address....my uncle Charles is on it and this is the first we've known about his death. Mac is looking into it for us as we are not on PC. Many thanks. Tim. |
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Control Tower - 7th April 2007
RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex |
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| Hi Richard, visited this site in 2007 and looking at the weather and
surroundings it was close to that time when you yourself had been there. My
interest lies in the fact that my mother started her service here in the
WAAF. I snapped quite afew pics of the station and village with information
given by my mother and local people as to what various biuldings were used
for. The last time I visited was back in about 1964-65 when I remember
finding a small brick built hut crammed full of theatricle gear including a
very accurately made BBC camera! Not quite the bit of Mossie I was hoping
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Memorial Site. Wellington (R1392) Crash Memorial #06 - 26th November 2006
Memorial at Darwell Hole, East Sussex |
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| A poinent moment for me; accidentally coming across this picture of a memorial. Pilot Officer Waroczewski had only been back in service for a few weeks when he was killed. He had been badly injured in a training accident in December 1940. His plane was out of fuel and destined to come down and he had selected an emergeny landing ground and was making his approach. At the last moment he saw a farmhouse, a very large one, and took sharp evasive action which caused him to hit trees on slightly higher ground. His nerve and courage resulted in one destroyed Wellington but saved the lives of his crew and a significant number of farm workers who were eating in the farm buildings. It also preserved the farmhouse which was, and is, a beautiful listed building. This was just outside my home village. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Runway 17/35. Looking north from near the memorial #01 - 13th August 2006
RAF Deopham Green, Norfolk |
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| Classic - reminds me of the movie 12 o'clock high |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Runway 17/35. Looking north from near the memorial #02 - 13th August 2006
RAF Deopham Green, Norfolk |
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| wut is it????????
wut is it made from???????
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Miscellaneous. Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair (CF-EPV) at Halesworth #02 - 18th June 2006
RAF Halesworth, Suffolk |
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| I left my pen in the cockpit on 8/9/66,don't suppose anyone found it ! |
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Miscellaneous. Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair (CF-EPV) at Halesworth #01 - 18th June 2006
RAF Halesworth, Suffolk |
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| I remember visting Southend for the first and only time in March 1978, walking round the airfield only to discover CF-EPV waiting for me round one of the hangers. What a great surprise! Phil Pittaway |
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Memorial Site. Memorial to the crew of a B-24 Liberator #02 - 9th April 2007
RAF Hardwick, Norfolk |
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| Moving memorial where abouts is it situated? I would like to visit it. |
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| The Memorial is at the old airfield at Hardwick, there's also a museum there.
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| We came across the memorial in the form of a wooden cross with brass plaque just inside a cornfield about 100 yards up the lane alongside what we assumed was the old airfield. It looked well cared for. We were not looking for the memorial but pulled into the field entrance to turn round and spotted it. |
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Memorial Site. Hethel Church. 389th Bombardment Group Memorial #01 - 16th August 2006
RAF Hethel, Norfolk |
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| My vote of 1 was an error as I thought it went 10 - 9 - 8 from the left.
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Road & building signs - 9th September 2007
Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire |
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| I worked at RAE Farnborough as an Air Traffic Controller.
"N1" building was the old ATC tower (N2 was the small annexe next door).
Funny to see the old sign again after all these years. I must have walked past it 1000's of times.
On my first day there I saw N1 next to the door. Unfamiliar with RAE naming conventions, I assumed that someone had put the sign upside down.... and it should have read "IN" !!! (look at the sign and you'll see what I mean)
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Airfield & Technical Site. Control Tower / Watch Office for all RAF Commands (Building 7) (Drg No 12779/41 & 343/43) #09 Upstairs - 15th September 2007
RAF Beccles, Suffolk |
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| why has noone attempted to make something of this control tower? what a waste good photo |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Blast Shelter near the control tower #02 - 15th September 2007
RAF Beccles, Suffolk |
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| Hi, just just found your website, I must congratulate you on a great piece of
work, I was born in 1946 and we lived in the nissen huts dotted around the
Ellough airfield, in the early 50s we used the airfield (or as we called it
the drome) as a playground, I vividly remember the control tower, at that
time it was in good condition with all the doors and windows in place and the
steel steps that led up to the roof, just beside the building was a steel
flagpole on a pivot which I assume was for the windsock, your pics of the
slit trench bomb shelters also bring back memories, about 50 yds further from
these was 2 sunken covered shelters with steps going down into them, but
these were always filled with water, there were rumours that the slit
trenches and the sunken shelters were linked by a tunnel but we never found
it, I still live close to the airfield in fact my front bedroom window looks
onto the field where the nissen huts used to be that we lived in, once again
a great site and keep up the good work
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Miscellaneous. RAF Wattisham sign at a yard in Diss, Norfolk - 27th December 2006
RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
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| I wish we could obtain this sign and bring it back to
Wattisham Airfield Museum where it belongs. It surely cannot be much use to anyone else!
Maggie, on behalf of Wattisham Airfield Museum. |
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Memorial Site. RAF West Malling Memorial #08 - 2nd August 2006
RAF West Malling, Kent |
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| Former nco i/c crash crews Westmalling1960 untillU.S took over Thought whole site and photos magnificent.what has happened to the mushrooms that used to grow on the airfield They kept crash crews and ATC well stocked Cheers |
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Memorial Site. Plaque in Memory of David Alston #01 - 29th September 2007
RAF Lavenham, Suffolk |
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| A super set of pictures. Thank goodness you have recorded this airfield, and it's buildings before they eventually collapse and disappear for ever. Richard E Flag, you are to be congratulated. |
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Memorial Site. USAAF & RAF Memorial #01 - 30th September 2007
RAF Rivenhall, Essex |
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| I was stationed at Rivenhall from September, 1944 until January of 1946, and find your photographs so very interesting. I was an Engine Fitter and worked on the Stirlings of 295 squadron. As the war finished I was flown to Norway, (Gardermoen) to service incoming aircraft ,I was one of the first 20 troops in Norway. I then went to Stavanger, where an aircraft had run off the runway, after that I came back. It may interest you to know that my father Thomas Storey was also at Rivenhall with me and slept in the next bed !! There is a bit on the internet about that if you care to look it up.
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Airfield & Technical Site. Remains of an old radar tower on the threshold of runway 28. Most certainly from the days when Marconi owned the site - 30th September 2007
RAF Rivenhall, Essex |
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| Nice Shot !
Radars internal ladder accessable ? |
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| I went to Rivenhall some years ago before they started ripping it all up and remember seeing this at the far end. Now I'm a pilot based at nearby Andrewsfield I've flown over the place several times. |
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Memorial Site. HMP Wayland #04. 3D Strategic Air Depot Memorial - 5th October 2007
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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| Thanks - I am learning so much about my Dad's service from these pictures.
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Memorial Site. HMP Wayland #01. 3D Strategic Air Depot Memorial - 5th October 2007
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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| It is so great to see this. My Dad served here and I never knew of any memorial. I hope I can see it in person some day.
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Miscellaneous. Castle Camps village sign #01 - 13th October 2007
RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire |
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| MY DAD --GEORGE T. GIBSON --RCAF
FLEW MOSQUITOS FROM CASTLE CAMPS IN 1944
68 SQDN --NIGHT FIGHTERS--DESTROYED SEVERAL
V-1 FLYING BOMBS WHILE OPERATING FROM C.C.
ONE OF HIS KILLS WAS A HEAD ON ATTACK (AT NIGHT!) |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Runway 13/31. Looking south east - 13th October 2007
RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire |
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| I was born in 1926 in a 2 storey house situated on the Castle Camps to Helions Bumpstead Road , just outside of the C/C's Village, and very close to the junction point of 3 Shire Counties i.e Cambridge , Essex and Suffolk Shire
We left the district for west London circa 1930 and he house no longer exists.
However the house was located almost directly in line of sight with one of the main runways, and during a recent visit to C/C's was told that it's 2 storey presence became obviously a danger to air traffic when it was clipped by a plane , causing a crash.
The house was then quickly demolished , and was still just a pile of rubble when I visited, ( from Australia ) the very spot in 1974. Albeit I did not discover it's wartime history then.
I visited again in 2007, without gaining any further knowledge of it's history.
However, during my most recent visit in 2008, I finally learned of it's fate.
My first reaction was one of hurt, that someone had destroyed a bit of my life...but then I considered that it had been done for all the best reasons imaginable.
Despite scouring the approximate site where the house had stood, ( it s now just cultivated farmland ) and despite the use of Google Satellite photography, I could find no trace of the house whatsoever.
That does not take away the nostalgic pleasure I get from viewing any pictures such as this.
..... With the best of Regards.... R. D. Jones ( Ronjay)
PS. Fittingly, tomorrow is Anzac Day here in Australia,
the Parade of which I will be a participant (or at
least in the motorcade portion of it these days ! )
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Memorial Site. Memorial on Chedburgh Village Green #02 - 13th October 2007
RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Control Tower / Watch Office for all RAF Commands (Building 7a) (Drg No 12779/41 & 343/43) #01 - 3rd November 2007
RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
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Memorial Site. Pappy's Chillun Memorial #01 - 17th November 2007
Memorial at Taverham, Norfolk |
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| Hi:
I'm a big Aviation Memorial enthusiast, this Memorial at Taverham is close to were I was brought up as a child. I live in the Manchester area now but I'm planning on visiting my relatives & Friends near Taverham, were is it ? and why can't I print a clear picture of the Memorial, a picture is worth a thousand words when asking were the memorial is. Thanks.
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| There is another link to this memorial
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p46830006.html
According to the co-ordinates it is located int eh grounds of Taverham Hall school or Taverham Mill. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Hangar / Type F Admiralty Seaplane Shed #01 - 27th November 2007
RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
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| These are the OASC "hangar" ex sheds |
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Memorial Site. 106 Sqn Memorial on the airfield #01 - 27th November 2007
RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire |
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| this is an excellent memorial to the brave crews of 106
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Runway controllers caravan standing - 28th November 2007
RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
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| Hi Simon, it is far too small for a dispersal, it is also joined to the main runway. From looking at the location of it, map and site plan it is definately not a dispersal, the only other thing it could be is the hard standing for the runway controllers caravan standing. |
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Airfield View. Looking west towards the control tower and some remaining taxiway, taken from near the Battle Headquaters - 29th November 2007
RAF Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk |
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| I believe that this view is indeed, looking WEST down the perimeter taxiway, just north of rwy 28/10.
The parking (car park) area is to the right of the tower from this shot, just out of the field of view.
AMT
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Airfield & Technical Site. Station Headquarters with Operations Block Annexe (Drg No 1723/36) #01 - 28th November 2007
RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
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Museum Site. Inside the Cold War Operations Room - 23rd May 2006
RAF Neatishead, Norfolk |
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| I visited RAF Neatishead as a cadet of the Air Training Corps, whilst we were staying at RAF Coltishall on summer camp in 1992. It is something i remember very vividly, as it was an active base at the time and the ops room was awesome, buzzing with RAF personnel going about their business and all the radar screens and lights changing, was like being in the middle of a movie set and i'm sure i have a memory where we were all told (or even had to sign something) not to talk about the base to other people, as it played a big part in our countries defence against invaders. I don't think as a cadet, i quite realised the significance of what the base actually stood for, but i feel quite privileged that i got to see the base in full operational order! I'll definitely be bringing my son along for a visit when i am next in Norfolk, now i know it is a museum! |
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Miscellaneous. Blickling Hall #01 - 1992
RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
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| I have just read Murray Peden's book,"A Thousand Shall Fall", in which he tells of how the Officers' Mess at Oulton was built on a site not far from Blickling Hall, and the Officers were allowed to walk in the grounds of the Hall, and,indeed,to use the bathrooms on the top floor of the Hall,although there was no hot water, apparently ! My father ,F/O John Tudor Mills,RAFVR, never mentioned this,or anything else about RAF Oulton, or no.214 squadron,with whom he flew from Oulton in 1944-45 ( S/Ldr R Van Den Bok's crew) |
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| I have been a Volunteer in the Museum at Blickling Hall for 7 years.
Regarding the Bathroom the story goes that the Officers were allowed a weekly bath in the Hall but reported that the water was colder than the North Sea! |
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Gate Guard. Hawker Hurricane (L1710) FSM - 15th April 2007
RAF Biggin Hill, Kent |
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| Richard,
Having recently come across your Airfields website, I have enjoyed viewing a number of your excellent photos.
The quality and compostion makes the photos stand out , and it makes all the difference from being a snapshot and good photograph |
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Gate Guard. English Electric Canberra PR.9 (XH170 / 8739M) #01 - 1st July 2007
RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
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| I have just found your site and what memories it brings back to me. I was
stationed at RAF Wyton from 1958 to 1961 with 58 Squadron. I was a Junior
Technician - Aero Engines and worked on Canberra PR 8's and the new PR9's. I
would most certainly have serviced the Canberra PR9 displayed on the
Memorial Plaque. I left Wyton in late 1961 (December) and went to Bomber
Command Strategic Missile School at RAF Feltwell and then as Cpl Technician
- Propulsion Systems was involved in the Thor Missile System, at RAF
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Aerial View. RAF Oakington #05 - 5th January 2008
RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
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| Wonderful web site Richard. As an airfield historian of 80 years of age I congratulate you for all the effort you have put into this project. If you require any help from me then E mail me at |
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Aerial View. RAF Oakington #07 - 5th January 2008
RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
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| Thank you for posting the pictures of dear old Oakington. I spent eight happy years stationed there between 1952 & 1960. During my time it was always a smart and well kept station, gardens, trees, lawns and so on. Sad to see it now.
Best regards
GFN |
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Control Tower - 13th January 2008
RAF Manston, Kent |
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| I spent 7 years stationed at Manston Air Traffic so have fond memories of this tower.. Ex Corporal Atkinson. Brian. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Office Bloce (Building 29) (Drg No 2883/43) - 2nd February 2008
RAF Shepherds Grove, Suffolk |
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| Hi Richard,
What does SAA stand for ?
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| Hi Phil, I have ammended the caption on the photo, SAA Stores is the Small Arms & Ammunition Stores |
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Memorial Site. 96th Bombardment Group Memorial #12 - 10th February 2008
RAF Snetterton Heath, Norfolk |
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| A beautiful memorial, really awe-inspiring. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Main Workshops (Building 59) - 24th February 2008
RAF Rattlesden, Suffolk |
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| Thanks for the pictures, I always find an old airfield a sad place when you think what has gone on there in the past |
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Memorial Site. Church of St Mary, Great Bircham #04. Cross of Sacrifice - 15th March 2008
RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking west - 15th March 2008
RAF North Pickenham, Norfolk |
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| Great photographs. My dad was the radio operator on O'Sullivan's Crew 713, from the 857th Bomb Squadron of the 492nd Bomb Group. The first crew to successfully complete a 30 mission combat tour from the ill-fated and tragic 492nd. Their last flight was on July 31, 1944. They were some happy guys, let me tell you!!
I'm currently in production on a documentary film about this crew and the 492nd Bomb Group. The film is entitled "Crew 713" the web address is www.crew713.com
Best wishes,
Alejandro "Alex" Mena
Shanty Films
Dallas, TX USA |
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Accomodation & Domestic Site. USAF Post War Accomodation Blocks (the old NCO club later to be the consolidated open mess) - 15th March 2008
RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Fuel Compound - 15th March 2008
RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
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| This photo may be of JP-4 bulk storage area on east die of the runway near north end - Was stationed there from 1961 to 1964 |
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http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.83575&lon=0.749965&z=18.4&r=0&src=msl
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #07 - 15th March 2008
RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
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| This is building S-5...47 th Field Maint Sqdn electronic repair shops. Turrets, bomb/nav radar, auto pilot, Instrument, radio...etc etc. opend in 1954 or 55. |
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Airfield Site. Bus Stop - 16th March 2008
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
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| The hanger just behind this bus stop was the Wash Rack, the hanger to the left was the refurb barn |
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Airfield Site. Hardened Aircraft Shelter (Building 1616) #01 - 16th March 2008
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
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| This was one of the 527th AG's shelters. (F-16's) |
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Airfield Site. Hangar / T2 Type Aircraft Shed (Building 45) #01 - 16th March 2008
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
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| Absolutely marvelous pictures. This hangar looks to be the same one that was there when I arrived in 1954 as A/3C. Spent 3 years there and have many fond memories. Thanks for all the work you must have done to make these available. |
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Hangars (C type) #01 - 29th March 2008
RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire |
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| Thanks, Fond memories of my time at Dishforth as an Engine Mechanic servicing Valetta's 1951/53. Roy |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Main Stores (Building 31) (Drg No 4287/35) #05 - 30th March 2008
RAF Finningley, Yorkshire |
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Memorial Garden. Squadron Memorial Plaque - 30th March 2008
RAF Snaith, Yorkshire |
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| Delivered reinforcing steel to concrete works nearby for 5 yrs. till I retired in 2002.Fellow "taff" from Colwyn Bay worked there. Always tried to find 10 min's for reflection there, often much more. What a credit to the support group. Books bought from R.Ounslow (?) passed on to former rear gunner friend and much appreciated. Keep up the good work!!! And Thanks a Million to the heroes who flew from there!!! |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Aircraft tie down - 30th March 2008
RAF Melbourne, Yorkshire |
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| Hi RICHARD
I would like to congratulate you on these wonderful photographs I have visited Melbourne Airfield many times inthe past and have watched the progress of the control tower reconstruction. I lost a brother flying out of Melbourne in June 1944 the Halifax L V 825 G crashed 30 minutes after take off at Rawcliffe they were going to bomb the flying bomb depot at Domleger this was there second trip I have researched the crew I am in touch with all of the crews relatives this includes two families in Australia |
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Memorial Corridor #03 - 30th March 2008
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
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| photo at bottom left I think is one that dad has a copy of in his photo album taken in April 1945 ... wow
Cheers Roger Skinner |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #02 - 30th March 2008
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
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| Informed by present occupier that this was the Hospital.
Gary Duggleby |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Latrine #01 - 30th March 2008
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
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| crikey... a place no doubt visited by my father during his time in 76 Squadron
Great site... shall check all the pics...
Roger Skinner
www.progalleries.com.au/rojpix dad's wartime pics are posted there plus a sketch of the hali that dad drew |
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Anglia Air Traffic Control Centre. Accommodation H-Block #02 - 9th April 2008
RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
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| Stationed at the Anglia Air Traffic control center from 1962 to 1965 (USAF). Brings back some good memories. Thanks.
Ron McCrea
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Memorial Site. Seething Church #02. Church of St Margaret and St Remigius - 20th April 2008
RAF Seething, Norfolk |
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| What a wonderful Memorial.
Are the churches structuraly sound.....enough for a walk through? |
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Memorial Site. RAF Boxted Memorial #13 - 29th April 2008
RAF Boxted, Essex |
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| Shame the motto was mispelt, should be 'Cave Tonitrom' |
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Aerial View #09. RAF Watton - 3rd May 2008
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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| Great set of photos, which remind me of two happy years spent at Watton, 1950/52, ( Nat/Service), which I spent in the Tower, & the old "wig-wam"..the "Homer" station, in the middle of a field ! Luckily, I can still see my old billet-block, on the other side of the main road.. not yet dis-mantled. Thanks. Doug.Parrott. ( Ex L.A.C.) |
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Miscellaneous. One of the current residents of Watton, a Grob Viking T.1 (ZE587 / WS) - 3rd May 2008
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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| I flew in one of these at watton, WOW there is nothing that can describe how i felt.
It was amazing i have never had so much fun in all my life. thank you Lee!!
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Aerial View #01. RAF Watton. Site of Control Tower - 3rd May 2008
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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| I was here at Watton the week it closed,or at least was handed over to the Army,in 1970 or 71, ; I forget which ! A small group of us had driven up from HMS Daedalus at Lee-on-Solent to do a familiarisation course on the Canberras of 360 (ECM) Squadron, a joint RAF / FAA outfit. The station was horrendously busy that week : there being no spare accomodation available,we were billeted in the Main Gate Guardroom for the duration of our stay !! |
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Airfield & Technical Site. The only remaining part of the flying field, this is now the Heartsease school playing field - 18th May 2008
RAF Mousehold Heath, Norfolk |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Control Tower / Watch Office for Bomber Satellite Stations (Drg No 7345/41 & 13079/41) - 28th May 2008
RAF Rufforth, Yorkshire |
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| Hello Richard. What a wonderful web site you have produced. Must have taken
you years and hundreds of miles travelling to visit all the sites that you
have completed. Regards the picture of the control tower at Rufforth, I
visited the control tower for several years in my capacity as a civilian
radar and radio technicain when the airfield was in use as a R.L.G for RAF
Linton on Ouse, when I also flew from there in Piston Provosts in the mid
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| Good to see this particularly the Control Tower. I was RAF National Service at Rufforth 1957-59 Part time Air Traffic Control Electical Mechanic. It brought back memories. I also visited many of the Airfilds inYorkshire and Linclonshire on my Velocette motorcycle paid 1 1/2d per mile as I serviced the Link trainers part time. Seeing so many airfields has enabled me to renew my memories over 15 years of retirement using our caravan as a base I am presently writing a history of Scorton as for 30 years I lived in Richmond and My son lived with his family at Scorton. Unfortunately although happily my wife and I are now in Shropshire at the home of our daughter/son in law due to illness I hope that you can keep up and extend your good work a historical 'document' which must give pleasure to many, Thanks Colin Stegeman |
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Croxton Church. Memorial Plaque to Sqn Ldr L. J. B. Blood - 29th May 2008
Memorial at Croxton, Lincolnshire |
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| This is my Grandpa, Leslie Joseph Broughton Blood. He flew with 106 Squadron, mainly from Metheringham.
The other grave stone featured is my Great Uncle Tim - he was the brother of my Grandma (the wife of Grandpa). The stain glass window behind the alter in the Church was put in in memory of him by My Great Grandfather who is buried in the adjacent grave. |
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Domestic Site (near Firbeck Hall). Unknown #01 - 27th May 2008
RAF Firbeck, Yorkshire |
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| Although this appears to be a military building this & the next photo are of poultry sheds erected by the current landowner's father, However within the vicinity is the stable block of Firbeck hall both ofwhich were known to be used by the R.A.F.
on the old aerodrome itself a cinder peritrack is still used 7 within the woods can be found many Nissen hut bases, small air-raid shelters & a small block-use unknown |
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Domestic Site (near Firbeck Hall). Unknown #03 - 27th May 2008
RAF Firbeck, Yorkshire |
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| This building is on the site of the old officers mess for R.A.F. Firbeck & was used by South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Between 1983 & 2000- see R.A.F. Doncaster for museums new site. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Armoury (Building 424) (Drg No 2042/54) - 24th May 2008
RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
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| Hi REF
I think this building is the squadron armoury, at least thats what it was called at Middleton St George, I've the drawing number for the MSG, Duxfords looks the same. I'll send you it later.
Stevo ;)
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Miscellaneous. Marrowbone & Cleaver Pub #02 - 29th May 2008
RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire |
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| excellent site it has brought a few tears to my eyes
remembering all the old places i e the chopper |
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RAF Halton Apprentices #01 - 30th May 2008
Memorial at Alrewas, Staffordshire |
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| As an ex Halton apprentice I googled that and your site came up with the
photo of the apprentice memorial at Halton. I looked at a lot of the other
photos and found them fascinating. I grew up in Reading during the war and
used to cycle out to the airfields within a reasonable distance of home to
look at the planes. I became an apprentice in Jan 1948. After I left the RAF
I went out with a girl whose father owned a bakery near Newbury and had the
contract to supply Greenham Common with bread, I went to the base many times
delivering bread. I live in Australia now and it is through sites such as
yours that I can have a nostalgia trip. Keep up the good work.
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Airfield & Technical Site. Control Tower / Watch Office for Bomber Satellite Stations (Drg No 13726/41) #11 - 31st May 2008
Shropshire - RAF Condover |
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| Truly Amazing condition especially when you can still make out "Flying Control" above the top floor windows! |
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Site No 2. Unknown #01 - 31st May 2008
Shropshire - RAF High Ercall |
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| this building was an old field hospital. |
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Sub Unit Site No 4. Wardens Office & Cycle Store (Building 4) - 31st May 2008
Shropshire - RAF High Ercall |
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| Its good to see the memory of RAF High Ercall is being logged. I have passed and flown over it many times. I have also seen a photo of the airfield after world war 2 full of aircraft for disposal. Aircraft were flown straight from the manufactures for disposal not wanted. Its a very sad sight to see. I never saw the airfield at that time but I remember actually seeing RAF Litchfield (Fradley )also being used for aircraft disposals. |
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Technical Site. Main Gate - 29th June 2008
RAF Compton Bassett, Wiltshire |
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| how sad
i spent time here in the early sixties so full of life , three squadrons , mad Mary in the three squadron mess.
unchained melody in the NAFFI canteen .
I took my kids down on a holiday to uk in the early 2000.s
and it was a pig farm
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Technical Site. Families Club - 29th June 2008
RAF Compton Bassett, Wiltshire |
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| As far as i recall this was a NAAFI shop, built in late 60s /early 70s for
MQs still in use for Lyneham |
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Memorial Site. Memorial on the main gate - 29th June 2008
RAF Compton Bassett, Wiltshire |
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| This plaque has been 'removed' by someone at the begining of 2009.
Bill Hauxwell |
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Miscellaneous. Station Commander Boards #02 - 3rd July 2008
RAF Colerne, Wiltshire |
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| These boards hold the names of the Squadron Commanders of Bristol University Air Squadron which is based at Colerne Airfield. The rest of the camp is now used by the Army. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Hangar / Bellman Type Aircraft Shed (Building 1) (Drg No 8349/37) #03 - 4th July 2008
RAF Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire |
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| Hello Richard Flagg. If it will add anything to memories of war-time Clyffe
Pypard I would say that I was there when it was known as 29 EFTS. We were
on a grading course to sort out whether we were suitable to continue pilot
training. We were supposed to do 12 hours flying on Tiger Moths to solo
standard. I did 4hrs25mins. and then it snowed, very heavily, and we were
cut off for several days. The last entry in my log book was on the 12th
Jan.. We were eventually dug out but didn't fly again before the three
weeks allocated was up and we returned to ACRC St. John's Wood, London. Not
very satisfactory but, as far as I recall, we all passed!
Only a snippet but it may help with the jigsaw.
Best wishes, Richard Swale |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Control Tower / Watch Office for All Commands (Drg No 343/43) #02 - 12th July 2008
RAF Broadwell, Oxfordshire |
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| Nice to see this photos - I was stationed there/here in 44/45 as an aircrew
member - I am an Australian - my wife and I visited the \'Old Drome\' in 1990
and it is a pleasure to see these photos - but what a change - keep up the
good work because I am proud of my stay in the UK.
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Gate Guard. De Havilland Comet C.2 "Sagittarius" (XK699 / 699) #01 - 29th June 2008
RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire |
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| I was looking for info on RAF Lyneham, I worked there from 1966 till 1970 on the Brit's & the Comets as an J/T avionics tech, imagine my surprise when I find the Gate Guard was a Comet I worked on!
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Ramona CA
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Memorial Site. RAF Booker Memorial #02 - 12th July 2008
Buckinghamshire - RAF Booker |
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| I think it a nice thing to see the merlin engines recovered from the crashes by the pilots being trained in the Spitfires,
that is at Rednal |
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Memorial Site. USAAF Memorial #03 - 16th August 2008
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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| thank you for an excellent site,i served at watton with 115 sqd from '65 through to the end in '69/'70. many happy times and great pals. once again THANK YOU. |
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Memorial Site. USAAF Memorial #05 - 16th August 2008
RAF Watton, Norfolk |
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Marconi Wood Communal Site. Air Raid Shelter - 12th July 2008
Gloucestershire - RAF Southrop |
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| Appears to be a short version of the Stanton shelter |
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Airfield Site. Control Tower (Building 61) (Drg No 12779/41 & 343/43) #10. A-10 Artwork - 10th August 2008
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
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| Hey, Is my painting still there?
-Rick Balinski
CMI ATCT |
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Airfield Site. Phase Dock Hangars - 10th August 2008
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
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| This looks like Phase row. This building was used by the Paint Shop (Corrosion Control) for component blasting, stripping and painting. On the extreme other end was the other half of this operation, the aircraft paint hanger. |
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| Spent a lot of time in this building, and in the one at the opposite end, painting parts, AGE, A10s, cars, mailboxes, helmets, etc. |
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Memorial Site. 306th BG Memorial #05 - 25th August 2008
Bedfordshire - RAF Thurleigh |
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| My uncle- 1st Lt Foster G Daniels flew 24 missions from Thurleigh as a bombardier in 1942-1943. He never returned from his 24th mission- KIA returning from Wilhelmshaven on 21.5.43
Thanks for the photos. I have not had the opportunity to travel to Thurleigh, so these excellent photos are as close as I can get for now.
Cheers,
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Thurleigh to Twinwood Taxiway #03 - 25th August 2008
Bedfordshire - RAF Thurleigh |
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| Hello Richard. I think All your Photo's are first class. |
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Memorial Site. 106 Sqn Memorial on the airfield #03 - 27th July 2008
RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire |
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Site No 4. Gym & Chancel (Building 174) (Drg No 14604/40) #01 - 27th July 2008
RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire |
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| A beautifully restored gym |
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Memorial Site. 106 Sqn Memorial Garden #03 - 27th July 2008
RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire |
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| This is a beautiful garden well tended and worth a visit |
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Memorial Site. 355th FG Memorial #23. RAF Roll of Honour - 7th September 2008
RAF Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire |
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| P/o Kenneth G Evans, Sgt C J Clarke and Sgt Thomas Lever listed on this panel died when their Wellington crashed in St Andrews Park, Bristol on 30th April 1941. The story of this plane can be found at www.wellingtont2905.co.uk |
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Memorial Site. 355th FG Memorial #11 - 7th September 2008
RAF Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire |
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| The large piece of granite was found when the control tower was dimolished, it formed part of the footings made up from the rubble of blitzed London, so the story goes. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Main Entrance #03 - 17th August 2008
RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire |
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| i was stationed at newton for two years as a chef in the airmens mess
1978-1980, what great and happy times. I drove up tp the main gates a few
months back as i was passing the camp on my way home, i could not get on but
what i saw of it left me sad, the place looked so lost, i thought of all the
people who had passed those gates and where are they now old friends and
mates. But thats life thank for the photos great to see the old place again |
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Communal Site. Access Road - 27th September 2008
RAF Hethel, Norfolk |
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| Hethel Airfield Communal Site Access Road .. Memory Lane? Nice shot! |
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Airfield View #01. Looking towards the Station Sick Quarters with the Parade Square to the left - 14th September 2008
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
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| As an ex lancaster crew member with 625 sqdrn I really appreciate your site and the great detailed photos of your coverage.
Thank You Ver4y Much;
Doug |
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Airfield View #03. Looking north from near Hangar 3 - 14th September 2008
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
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| I HAVE VIEWED ALL OF THE PHOTOGRAPH,S AND IAM GREEN WITH ENVEY . I AM GREATFULL TO YOU FOR POSTING YOUR IMAGE,S ON THIS SITE. IAM A BIG FAN OF 617 SQUADRON AND OF RAF SCAMPTON .
GOD BLESS RAF |
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Communal Site. Wallart in the Gym and Chancel Building #03 - 12th October 2008
RAF Hethel, Norfolk |
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| It doesnt seem 60 odd years since this was done but we know it is |
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Communal Site. Wallart in the Gym and Chancel Building #01 - 12th October 2008
RAF Hethel, Norfolk |
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| This photo is one I have seen numerous times and it typifies the site in general. The work started with the photo in the 40s is being carried on by people with a real feeling for their history. Hopefully it will continue for a long while to come. I intend to come here often and the people doing the work of restoration will hopefully continue to do so |
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Miscellaneous. Liberator plaque on the current hangar at the flying club - 12th October 2008
RAF Shipdham, Norfolk |
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| Colins grandad and uncle put this up and his grandad Eric King dedicated this to Shipdham. |
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Airfield Site. Control Tower (Building 61) (Drg No 12779/41 & 343/43) #23 - 2nd November 2008
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
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| this used to be one of the briefing windows at the weather station where pilots would get their briefs |
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Workshops (Building 17) and the Workshop Offices (Building 16) - 20th November 2008
RAF Stow Maries (RFC), Essex |
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| What a valuable and informative record of WW1 and the RFC - congratulations to Richard Flagg. Lets hope that the buildings are preserved as a lasting reminder to those gallant men in their flying machines of nearly 100 years ago. |
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Miscellaneous. Warboys Village Sign - 7th December 2008
RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
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| as a lorry driver i had been to this site many times in the 1970-1975 and always wanted to know the history or the wartime events .asyou entered the site a building was right by the road it stirred many thoughts of who manned it . many thanks for your infprmatinial web site regards gordon |
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Memorial Site. RAF Detling Memorial #01 - 30th December 2008
RAF Detling, Kent |
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| A note of the exact location of the memorial would be helpful for visitors. |
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| Hi Mike, the memorial is in Detling village opposite The Cock Horse Inn (Pub). Hope this helps. Richard. |
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Memorial Site. RAF Memorial near the Church #05 - 6th January 2009
Memorial at Walton on the Naze, Essex |
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| A very pleasant and well maintained memorial,to those who `gave`.. |
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| Is there another memeorial in Walton refering to a bomber which crashed in the Walton river? My father was an AA gunner based at Walton and told the story of a damaged flying fortress, flying low overhead and crashing. The plane may actually have been a Halifax and I have heard of a memorial to the crew. Can,t find a crash site for the plane however |
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Unknown Site. Hangar / C type Aircraft Shed #04 - 15th January 2009
Portsmouth Airfield, Hampshire |
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| Thes hangars and workshops on the old Portsmouth Airfield perimeter road are or were the Airspeed Aviation hangars and subsequently De-Havillands. DH closed down circa 1962 and moved to Hatfield.
Some of the workshops were taken over for aviation related work such as Firproof Tanks Ltd.
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Memorial Site. Church of St Mary #03. Churchyard War Graves - 16th January 2009
West Sussex - RAF Ford |
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| Hi
The headstone nearest the camers with the upturned vase is that of my
granfather: Wing Commander William Hudson Maguire, known as Bill.
He flew with 85 squadron on night fighter missions, Hunsdon, West Malling
then in \'45 after his ops sessions had been completed, he moved to the FIU
based at Ford.
Apparrently he was involved in a number of meetings with Winston Churchill -
but I need to verify this. Bill is featured in many books covering night
fighters, mosquitos etc..
He was killed testing an altimeter in a mosquito, flying from Ford. He
crashed in Chaucer Ave, Rustington killing himself and his navigator. There
were a number of civillian casualties.
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| Hi Simon - looking around for info on Chaucer Ave. Aircrash - fouind your write up, I live at N0.14 since 1952, so just around the corner. Getting involved with Commemoration next Feb. and helping Mary Taylor.
I was an Air Signaller in RAF 1943/47 Member Littlehampton RAF Association & ATC Sqdn
Sure we will meet up next year
Best regards
Bill `K` |
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Memorial Site. RAF Ramsbury / 437th Troop Carrier Group Memorial #01 - 5th March 2009
RAF Ramsbury, Wiltshire |
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| Hi there,
I was behind the erection of this memorial. It was rected in August 1993 using a 1941 GMC 6x6 with a No 7 set crane in the back and was unveiled on May 28th 1994 in the presence of four now deceased 437th veterans including sole survivor of the crash Lee Gillette. Flypasts were perfomed on the day by C130, C141, C47 and L4.
The stone is now in need of a repaint and I am currently exploring my 'options' to get this done.
There is also a Role of Honour for the 437th TCG in Ramsbury Church, erected in 2000 by myself. Both of these projects were co funded by the 437th TCG Association.
Many thanks,
Neil Stevens
Wilts & Berks ETO Research Group
UK Historian 437th Troop Carrier Group Association
Newark, Notts, UK
Please visit my website:
Yanks in the Kennet Valley
www.YITKV.co.uk
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Airfield & Technical Site. Small Arms / 25 yard Range #01 - 25th February 2009
RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
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| Note the fantastic fence on the road side of the range which stops errant cdts from hitting passing vehicles!!
Mark (VikingsBoss) |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Crew Locker & Drying Rooms (east) #03 - 21st February 2009
RAF Raydon, Suffolk |
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| i lived on the site called dodge city when i was about 2yrs old |
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Domestic Site. Unknown #03 - 4th March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Eval |
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| I was at St.Eval from November '53 till October '56 Your photo gallery
domestic site #03 is, I think the NAAFI, which was located at the NW gate.
I was there in '92, at which time the building was, I think, a school for
the children of RAF personnel working at the camp which is across the
valley, the name of which I've forgotten, but which is now the civil airport
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Unknown (Building 89) on the left, The other two buildings are not identified yet either - 1st March 2009
Berkshire - RAF Greenham Common |
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| the middle building is where i worked in 1967.....i was in age repair...the one on the left and right was the moter pool....also ran the movie theater at night ...we kept all the age units from France running...also have a lot of pictures from that era.....Sgt Lee |
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Unknown (Building 92) - 1st March 2009
Berkshire - RAF Greenham Common |
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| Unknown Building 92. This appears to be the rear of the old Station Headquarters (last occupants being the 501st Combat Support Group) |
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Unknown (Building 102) - 1st March 2009
Berkshire - RAF Greenham Common |
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| Unknown Building 102. This was the warehouse of the Consolidated Open Mess (NCO Club) |
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Aerial View. RAF Little Snoring Airfield #04 - 15th March 2009
RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk |
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| Reminds me of a flight in a Tiger Moth aircraft taken in the summer of 1966, the pilot was a corporal from RAF West Raynham. |
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Domestic Site. Base Hospital - 27th February 2009
RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
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| Worked here in the 90's as a Civiy Paed nurse in the child and family centre |
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Aerial View #03. Swanton Morley Airfield - 21st March 2009
RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
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| Very Interested to see your aerial views of Swanton Morley as I was stationed there in 1974 and first flew from there in 1957 as an ATC Cadet.
I understand the army have demolished all the airfield architechture from WW2 before a preservation order was put on the Art Deco style control tower.
There appears to be a microlight strip marked out in your image 3 and 4. A recent image
If you have any information at all it would be of interest as I am researching the history for my web pages.
link is http://www.webmaker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistorySwantonMorley.htm
Would you permit me to use your aerial view if I credit the copyright ? |
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Aerial View. RAF Great Massingham Airfield #04 - 15th March 2009
RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
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| The old runways seem to be a lot tidier now compared to when I was there in 1965/66. There seemed to be heaps of hardcore everywhere on the runways and a complete picture of decay and desolation. These pictures show a much happier scene. |
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Unknown (Building 363) and a Hardened Fuel Tanker Shed - 11th April 2009
RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
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| This was built in 88-89 or so, it was a place for fuel trucks to wait for jets to come in when we weren't using the Hot Pits. |
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Hardened Aircraft Shelter #06 - 11th April 2009
RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
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| Wow, I can't believe that is still on there. Me and the rest of the 81 EMS Corrosion Control Shop got tasked with first cleaning, then painting gloss white, the inside of one of these. Then they brought in some contractors to do one, too - and they put the big Thunderbolt on theirs :) |
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Unknown #04. Located near the Hardened Command Post - 11th April 2009
RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk |
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| Concrete building was the 78th/91st TFS Operations center. Steel building to the right was the 91st Aircraft Maintenance Unit. Foundations in foreground were used for various thin gs, including ABDR training, the 78th AMU, and Life Support sections. |
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Unknown - 8th April 2009
RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
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| Richard,
That red \'device\' is part of an analogue fire / disaster semaphoring
system. They were abundant around the northern Tech site until the JCBs got
their way in 1997! Not certain how they worked but there was one in the AMWD
/ Water tower compound by the Generator / pump house which certainly had a
telephone cable pairing that disappeared into the workings of a ancient
Parmeko Tanoy type system
Cheers
Ian J |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #01 - 8th April 2009
RAF Tollerton, Nottinghamshire |
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| Possibly for ammunition, similar buildings found close to bomb dumps on WW11 bomber stations and also has anti blast wall opposite entrance. |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #02 - 8th April 2009
RAF Tollerton, Nottinghamshire |
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| Possibly the med centre or field hospital? It has an intergrated water tower with boiler as can be seen and also two ambulance bays perhaps? One very similar at Steeple Morden though much larger. |
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Memorial Site. Memorial to Captain Donald Roberts #04 - 23rd April 2009
Memorial at Benwick, Cambridgeshire |
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| Very good shots Richard and thanks for bringing them to us, RIP CApt Roberts |
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Memorial Site. 462 Sqn & 466 Sqn Memorial #03 - 7th May 2009
Memorial at Driffield, Yorkshire |
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| Excellent to see this memorial featured on your website & they are very nice photos with the surroundings beautifully kept.
I along with other members of 462-466 Squadrons travelled from Australia to be present at the dedication of this memorial in 1993.
Driffield will always hold a special place in our hearts and it was wonderful to return there in peaceful circumstances & again enjoy the hospitality of the people of Driffield.
Edward (Ted) Priest, DFC
Australia 14th Sept, 2009 |
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Airfield Site. Unknown (Building 546-548) - 19th April 2009
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk |
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| These buildings were once used by the Weapons Loading, Weapons Release and Gun Shops. In the early 1970's all three shops were moved to new buildings on or near the flightline and these buildings were used to store weapons release equipment. |
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Instructional Site. Ground Instructional Building (Building 80) (Drg No 2468/42) - 6th May 2009
Derbyshire - RAF Darley Moor |
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| How quickly we all forget |
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Memorial Site. Mosquito Air & Ground Crew Memorial #02 - 17th May 2009
Salisbury Hall Airfield, Hertfordshire |
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| A real shame some lowlife stole the propeller from the memorial.
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Unknown (Building 565) - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| Used as the "Paint Shop" in recent years, for the smaller jobs, signage etc. |
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Airfield View #05. View from the old control tower. Looking east - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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Airfield View #10. Looking south east towards the old control tower from inside T2 Hangar (building 402) - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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Unknown (Building 36) - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| This was "NLF" or Nimrod Line Flight. Since the departure of Nimrod, the building would be used as an operations/engineering HQ for detached squadrons using, what became known as "Treloy Line" |
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Unknown (Building 431) - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| This was the RAF Police / Security Flight until last year. May still be the case.
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| This was 7 squadron HQ in the 70's, and RAF Police HQ and Small Arms Armoury in the 80's. |
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Airfield View #03. Looking north east from the Trebelzue site to the St Mawgan / Newquay Airport - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| This photo shows the old "SSR" tower (right of photo)
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Operations Building (Building 563) #01 - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| Great set of pics, this is the Operations building. All the Nimrod flight briefings took place inside. I remember attending a briefing, collecting life jackets and headsets in this building before a flight when I was in the ATC. I think the airfield was pretty much run from here.
Mitrovitchp (AIX) |
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Unknown (Building 429 & 430) #02 - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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Junior Ranks Mess (Building 472) - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| Junior ranks mess, very similar in design to my old School at Camelford, and built at roughly the same time.
Mitrovitchp (AIX) |
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SOF Building with a T2 Hangar behind - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| I think this building was known as SOF. Most of the Squadrons deploying to St Mawgan used this for aircrew briefings etc.
MitrovitchP (AIX) |
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Unknown (Building 301/6 to 301/15) - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| In 1983 these huts were the Sergeants Mess accomodation blocks until the newer accomodation block (seen in the background of this photo) was built.
I believe these buildings were then used as "Transit" accomodation up until recent times. These buildings and many others like them on St Mawgan are visible on some of the very earliest photo's of the airfield. |
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SSR Radar on the Trebelzue site - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| Often confused with the SSR tower, but in fact is the old "Watchman" primary radar tower over looking Watergate Bay. |
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Airfield View #01. Looking west across some dispersals towards the HAS site - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| Nimrod Line, as was. Latterly Treloy (front) Line. Now severed by the new boundary fence between RAF St Mawgan and Newquay Airport. This is where the Nimrods were parked on dispersal during the 80' and 90's. |
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Control Tower for Very Heavy Transport Stations (Building 1 & 1a) (Drg No 1228/43) #13 - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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Control Tower for Very Heavy Transport Stations (Building 1 & 1a) (Drg No 1228/43) #14 - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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Gate Guard. Avro 696 Shackleton MR.2 (WL795 / T) #01 - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| Bloody marvelous!
Are you staying on site when the RAF move out? |
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Unknown (Building 482) - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| This is/was the Supply Building - Supply HQ, Clothing Stores, SCAF etc. The home of the the "Blanket Stacker" !! |
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Hesco Bastion Aircraft Shelters - 3rd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| Hesco Bastion Shelters, built during the mid 1990's for exercises. Jaguars were the most frequent users of this area. Temporary metal 'matting' was laid between the walls so that aircraft could taxi though.
MitrovitchP (AIX) |
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Sign at the Trebelzue part of the airfield - 2nd March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Mawgan |
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| This site is superb Richard - Must be a real history trip to visiting the World War Airfields. Nice site - well presented.
Thanks. |
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Airfield Site. Crew Breifing Room / Church of St Michael & St George (Building 501) (Drg No 2650/43) #04 - 16th August 2008
RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
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| In 1955 our friend Tony Gorner , small arms specialist was asked to update the church identification board.
A gifted artist he carried out the signwriting in gold and hand made a cross from aircraft alloy.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of the board please advise , I would like to buy it for his Christmas present .
Ben Chamley |
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Unknown #16 - 4th March 2009
Cornwall - RAF St Merryn (RNAS) |
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| This building has the remains of roller shutter doors - its design suggests MT garaging - if near the taxiways/runways could it have garaging for crash rescue vehicles ? |
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Bedford RLS Self Propelled Pump (LYO 804), aka Green Goddess - 14th June 2009 at Bentwaters
Airfield Vehicles - Emergency Vehicles |
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| Great photograph. This vehicle is the Bedford RL S model not the RLZH as described in the caption. The S model was the early Green Goddess with 2 wheel drive and twin wheeled rear wheels. This vehicle LYO 804 was coachbuilt at Plaxtons and issued to the Home Office Fire Service Technical Centre. Later issued to Great Yarmouth and Norfolk Fire Brigades. Last known record is the vehicle owned by Norfolk Fire Service Preservation Society at Bressington Museum |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #06 - 2nd June 2009
RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
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| In 1978 this was the Regiment Flight training rooms where new recruits learned the finer art of weapon handling |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Guardhouse with Fire Party (Drg No 469/38) #02 - 2nd June 2009
RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Runway 02/20. Looking north from about the halfway point - 2nd June 2009
RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
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| Never knew it as a working field - only ever as an Antiques Dealer standing
there at fairs, but I walked my dog over every inch of what was left and
always got that shiver down the spine..... Standing on the concrete circles
with the \'plane tie-down rings still set in the centre, walking the runways,
lights and marking still there. So much tragedy as planes came home with dead
crew, or didn\'t come home at all. So much laughter as carefree aircrew
passed the time waiting for the next mission. A truly magical place.
Now it seems the site is to be reduced even further - to a gravel pit or a
housing estate. So sad. I will never stand there again and, as we drove off
the site on Wednesday 5th August 2009 I am not ashamed to say there was a
lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. That such an honourable memory should
be allowed to just slip away seems so, so sad.
Thanks for all the photos - at least it will live on there..... |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #01 - 2nd June 2009
RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
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| In 1978 these were the lecture rooms where new recruits spent many an hour learning about all things Air Force. Military Law, Rank recognition, RAF history etc etc |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #03 - 2nd June 2009
RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
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| Hi,
Your Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #01, #02 & #03 - 2nd June 2009 pictures at RAF Swinderby were formerly the RAF Admin training classrooms (for training RAF Drill Instructors). I did my time there in 1991. Good times! |
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Unknown Site #02. Believed to be the Station Sick Quarters #02 - 27th August 2009
RAF Gravesend, Kent |
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| Richard- Fantastic. Finally RAF Gravesend has got a photosection. I meant to post similar photos on the Airfield Information exchange forum in my RAF Gravesend section but you have done an excellent and much better job than I would have done.
More remnants of RAF occupation can be found at nearby Ashenbank Woods and Shorne Country park where ground crews and airfield personnel were housed(ie Shelters, building foundations) |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Unknown #01 - 27th August 2009
Surrey - RAF Kenley |
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| Hi Richard your photo of the Portcullis Club on RAF Kenley is of the oldest building on site, it appears on photos taken in 1921 & is possibly the WW1 HQ as it was the only purpose built brick building on Kenley.
R J Grainger
RAFA Kenley |
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Harlan GHTAG75 (08E 324) - 29th June 2009 at RAF Mildenhall
Airfield Vehicles - Tugs and Tractor Units |
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Thornycroft Nubian 'Mark 7' Crash Truck - 14th September 2008 at RAF Scampton
Airfield Vehicles - Emergency Vehicles |
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| This is a Thornycroft Nubian 'Mark 7' Crash Truck, used by the RAF and RN during the 60s, 70s and 80s. There is a photo of one on AIX in the Airfield Fire, Crash and Emergency vehicles section, halfway down page 2 and at the top of page 3.
Mitrovitchp |
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Carmichael Major Foam Vehicle 1 6x6 (PB 07 AA) and an Alvis Unipower Rapid Intervention Vehicle 4x4 (RH 10 AA) - 1st July 2008 at RAF Lyneham
Airfield Vehicles - Emergency Vehicles |
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| Carmichael MFV 1 (Major Foam Vehicle) 6x6 and an Alvis Unipower RIV (Rapid Intervention Vehicle) 4x4 also a pre modified version |
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Unknown Site. Unknown - 7th October 2009
RAF Stretton, Cheshire |
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| RAF Police dog kennels perhaps? |
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Airfield & Technical Site. Coupled General Service Shed / Hangar 3 #09 - 8th October 2009
RAF Hooton Park, Cheshire |
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Memorial Site. Church of St Mary #11. Memorial to Capt Jerry Lindh and Maj David McGuire - 22nd September 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| And they did save the village by not punching out, but trying to control the airplane and get it to the airfield. It was a sad sight but you understood exactly what they did and stayed in the jet too long, waiting until too late to allow a safe ejection. |
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Memorial Site. Church of St Mary #15. 16 OTU Memorial - 22nd September 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Mr Flagg,Thank you for posting the pictures of RAF UH. They are a trip down memory lane. It is nice to see that we Americans are thought of well in UH/Cherwell community after all these years. We did our job with passion and the love of freedom in the name of God and our two allied nations. God Bless, Todd Sicola RAF UH 1989-1991. Albuquerque NM USA |
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Plymouth P11 Staff Car (WS 1859) - 18th October 2009 at Airfield Farm, Hardwick
Airfield Vehicles - Other Vehicles |
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| This is a Plymouth P11 Staff Car |
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Leyland Bison 3000 gallon Thompson bodied aircraft refueller - 19th September 2009 at North Weald
Airfield Vehicles - Fuel Trucks |
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| This is a Leyland (no!!) Bison |
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Miscellaneous. Artwork moved and restored and now on display in the Station Headquarters #01 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| This mural was originally in Bldg. 300. |
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Weapons Storage Area. Weapons Maintenance & Control (Building 1006) #01 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Building 1006 - big part of my life! |
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Airfield Site. Unknown #15 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Looks like the tower that the old FPS-77 weather radar sat on. It would have had a white radome over the top of it. |
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Airfield Site. Unknown #14 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| This housed a magnetometer. One of 3 in the world at that time. It measured the Earth's magnetic field in the X,Y, and Z axis. The weather station monitored this and sent readings every 90 minutes back to Offutt AFB. It was sensitive to solar disturbances. |
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Weapons Storage Area. Trailer Maintenance Building - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| This the old trailer maintenance building in the WSA |
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Airfield Site. Unknown #13 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| This was the training building for the Fire Department. I rappelled off the top of this baby and fought training fires inside of it. |
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Airfield Site. Unknown #09 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| This the test cell (T/C) for running and checking engines. |
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Airfield Site. Control Tower (Building 340) (Drg No 5223a/51) #02 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| The portion that sticks out is where the weather observer recorded their observations, it gave views to either end of the runway. The entire 2nd floor housed the weather station and the flat decks were primarily used to observe the weather outdoors. I would love to see some interior shots of this building. |
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Miscellaneous. Artwork moved and restored and now on display in the Station Headquarters #04 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| ALQ-119 Electronic Countermeasures Pods. |
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Airfield Site. Unknown #03 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| I believe this was the CBPO (Consolidated Base Personnel Office). |
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| This was the Base Personnel Office |
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Weapons Storage Area. Weapons Maintenance & Control (Building 1006) #02 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Bldg 1006 - offices on the left, work bay on the right.
Weapons Maintenance and Control. |
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Airfield Site. Control Tower (Building 340) (Drg No 5223a/51) #01 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Radio maintenance and the toilets were on the ground floor. The weather station had the middle level. And air traffic had the top, obviously. The tower in the background used to house the FPS-77 weather radar and had a white radome on the top. |
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Weapons Storage Area. Munitions Handling, Training & Dispatch Building (Building 1011) #02 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Old Munitions Handling and Dispatch building. |
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Airfield Site. Hardened Fuel Tanker Shed (Building 32/3) - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| This is a hardened shelter for aircraft refueling units. |
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Airfield Site. 20th CRS Avionics Maintenance Facility (Building 299) #08 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Scraped a mirror off of breadvan here one night |
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Weapons Storage Area. Munitions Handling, Training & Dispatch Building (Building 1011) #01 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Old Munitions Handling and Dispatch building. |
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Miscellaneous. Artwork moved and restored and now on display in the Station Headquarters #06 - 5th November 2009
RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
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| Installing an ALQ-119 pod on the aft station of a F-111. Vehicle used to accomplish this was referred to as a "Jammer." |
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Bedford OX (LSU 548) with a Queen Mary trailer - 3rd November 2007 at East Kirkby
Airfield Vehicles - Other Vehicles |
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