Mark12
May 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm

My brother-in-law gives tours and talks at Bletchley Park….Lancasters.

…he also visits former Bletchley Park WWII staff to get there stories on tape and recorded before they pass on.

On independent occasions two lady ‘operators’ have mentioned that when the were billeted at nearby Woburn Abbey they remember Lancaster bombers there. A puzzle.

Clearly Lancasters were not operated out of Woburn, but could they possibly have been stored there?

Does this ring any bells?

Assuming that perhaps they were billeted within commuting distance at another place are there any likely places where they might have seen Lancasters on the journey in to BP?

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By: Mark12 - 6th May 2013 at 20:29

Many thanks.

It seems definitely Stirlings and possibly Lancasters.

With the clues provided ‘RAF Woburn Park’ was 34 SLG – Satellite Landing Ground.

More info here:-

http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?8088-Woburn-Park

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By: Lazy8 - 6th May 2013 at 19:33

…and a bit more (my wife works at the OU):
http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/emerson00/air_woburn_abbey.html

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By: G-ASEA - 6th May 2013 at 18:01

Some one once put a Stirling on its nose in the lake. I use to have a photo copy for a person who had landed a few Stirling at Woburn.

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By: Guzzineil - 6th May 2013 at 17:24

from the blurb advertising the dH Moth Rally….

Owners of Tiger Moths, other de Havilland types and invited vintage aircraft will operate from a specially prepared grass strip in the Deer Park at Woburn Abbey which was once part of a wartime runway onto which Stirling and Lancaster bombers were flown for dispersal amongst the ancient oak trees.