February 24, 2023 at 9:27 pm
Does anybody know what happens to the main gate airfield signs when an RAF base closes permanently? Are they put in store somewhere or just disposed of as unwanted ?
By: airfield - 3rd March 2023 at 18:41
Hmm
Obviously when an RAF Station closes the main gate sign must go somewhere, surely not on the scrapheap. I think an approach to the RAF Museum might be more productive ?
By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd March 2023 at 09:02
I can only offer an anecdote.
Back in the 1990s I bought such a sign, from Binbrook’s main gate at an aerojumble. I was informed that it had been “souvenired” when the station closed.
I can’t add much more. I applied what I considered to be a reasonable price increase and it sold off my stall within minutes. I think I mis-underestimated the “Lightning effect”!