A few shots from todays open day at Scampton:-
Airmen’s Mess – now Scampton’s Control & Reporting Centre. The windows at the top left were the briefing room were Guy Gibson briefed the crews prior to operation Chastise.
1936 Armaments block inbetween No.2 & No.3 Hangars
No.3 Hangar – a Type C built in 1936
Unfortunately the Reds had departed just before we got on the station and only this one remained – note the Gnat on the left, both outside No.4 Hangar.
No.2 Hangar – The two windows at the top right were Guy Gibson’s office – the fenced area is Nigger’s grave.
Blue Steel inside No.1 Hangar
This wall plaque is at the entrance to the museum.
Bit of an awkward angle to photograph this one.
Nice cutaway large scale model of a Lanc.
The final scene in the ‘Dam Busters’ sees Guy Gibson walking away from the camera down this road, past the Airmen’s Mess.
A great day nicely rounded off with a pint of ‘Lancaster Bomber’ in the Dam Busters Inn, which is full of memorabilia and well worth a visit – http://www.dambustersinn.co.uk/index.html
Dean.
By: rafvr - 5th February 2011 at 11:10
Painting of presentation.
The painting above is of HM The Queen presenting new Squadron Colours to 83 Squadron in 1963, at RAF Scampton.
By: Lincoln - 19th September 2007 at 01:27
Those are great pics, I feel really guilty as It’s only up the road and we’ve never been, one day we will.
They’re always talking about shutting Scampton again lol it’s a bit a joke now 😀
By: Manston Airport - 18th September 2007 at 22:37
nice report and pictures there Dean thanks for sharing, Is it true that RAF Scampton is going to close?
James
By: DeanK - 9th September 2007 at 19:06
A few more pics from yesterday.
Another view of the original Airmen’s Mess.
Self explanatory really.
Not sure of the story behind this painting, but the Queen is depicted here making a presentation.
Dean.
By: DeanK - 9th September 2007 at 11:49
Was any of the Dambuster’s filmed at Scampton??? I though it was filmed just up the road at Hemswell.
Hemswell and Scampton – we were told about the final scene yesterday.
POST WORLD WAR II
1954, Station used as stage for the making of “The DamBusters” film
Taken from Scampton’s website:- http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafscampton/aboutus/history.cfm
And some location stills taken during the filming, on this website:-
http://www.dambustersinn.co.uk/pages/chatterbox.html
Dean.
By: BIGVERN1966 - 9th September 2007 at 00:56
Was any of the Dambuster’s filmed at Scampton??? I though it was filmed just up the road at Hemswell.
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