interesting poster found

there was plans of a museum there but was transfered to hemswell and they hold the allison engines which were from the crash site there belonging to a P-38J “42-67199” which crashed on 26/05/44 piloted by lt lane a ferrara who was killed in the accident. i think the reason why the airfield is so complete is because the farmer who did own the land (parts sold a few years ago) his father looked after the place doing repairs etc to keep it like it is now. but his son? who is the farmer now couldn’t give a damn well thats what i figured when i spoke to him.

have got more pics if anyone interested plus a have a small film (on video) taken in 1944 when the 496th FTG was there shot by one of the personel using a gun camera and a 24v battery pack.

cheers

Man i’d love to buy one of these bases, do up the buildings like a proper old airbase, even if i only had a couple of FSM’s it would be worth it, how much would an FSM of, say, a Halifax or Wellington cost? Only a few thousand and would look pretty much like the real deal

yep loads but unfortunatly the watch tower and runways have now gone but hangers J type and 2 T2 and many buildings ie opps block + offices , armoury ,MT yard , gas defence stores ,fabric store , link trainer , turret trainer + more survive ,and on the outer of the airfield there is a the main living communial sites which air raid towers complete with sirens , gym ,shops , cinema survive. cheers

I am not sure the poster dates from the war, the font used in the title looks too modern. The site as a whole seems surprisingly intact. Is there much left of the airfield ?