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| Battle of Naseby Viewpoint & WW2 ROC Posted: 06 Jun 2012 08:06 AM PDT A 'two-in-one' heritage site if you will! Access to the ROC and the viewpoint are via privately owned land, but permissive access has been granted so you can walk through the gate up to the ROC to enjoy the view.    And here is the view of some of the viewpoints associated with the Battle of Naseby:   You can view the rest of the photos on Flickr here: Battle of Naseby - ROC Viewpoint - a set on Flickr |
| Posted: 16 May 2012 11:07 AM PDT This will be quite a mixed bag. There are an abundance of websites with history of Waddo, wikipedia as good a place to start as any: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington  The airbase has a Heritage Centre which is open to the public by prior arrangement (as it's on the airbase): http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwaddington/...tagecentre.cfm The Heritage Centre has a superb collection of photos and memorobelia relating the story of the stations history. A major part relates to artefacts recoved from the crash site of Lancaster PD259 (Lancaster PD259 Project Award - Aviation)   One of the propellors is used in the memorial garden    The WWII watch office is now condemmed and likely to be demolished.      Current control tower (left)  Modern pillboxes are dotted all around  Famous Waddington resident (she's decaying unfortunately)    There are a few other airframes of types previously operated by the based squadrons   VIII Squadron memorial (the phantom relates to 23 Sqn not 8 Sqn, who have a hunter almost ready for gate duty)  More modern residents    |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:28 AM PDT Some history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranfield_Airport Watch Office (modified fort type)   views from control room   Fire section   WWII Fire tender shed and night flying equipment store   Motor transport sheds   Station headquarters  Sergeants mess  Airmens quarters  Cloud base projector  Squadron/flight offices next to C-type hangar  Detail of top right office. This was the office for the chief flying instructor and when Guy Gibson held that office he asked that the room be protected. The bulkhead clamps hold steel shutters in place (these are still present)  More photos at: Cranfield pictures by trunktemp - Photobucket |
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