Oh what the heck, the whole airfield deserves listed status, which it hasn’t got.

Couldn’t agree more, having spent a considerable amount of time in, on, around or above MW. The current occupants do their best, I’m sure, to retain as much of the historic fabric as they can, given the active status of the whole place.

I can appreciate Lindy’s Lad’s perspective, but it wouldn’t take a major engine malfunction to dump a quantity of oil. It used to be a frequent occurrence on Lynx, and it’s surprising how far a small amount of oil will go, leading to; shiny surfaces when you need matt, maximum of 4 hours running time between checking the dipstick, and never having to change the oil, just topping it up.

Looks like we’re getting into the territory of Occam’s Razor v. Crabtree’s Bludgeon.

Given the discoloration around the #3 engine nacelle, I’m still of the opinion that it’s the result of the engine ejecting oil, while there is little doubt in my mind that a shadow has, coincidentally, been cast by a similar type, from which the picture was taken.

Doh!

Yes it is a newer 2548/55c ‘split vertical’ type tower, standard 1950s repalcement on alot of older and expansion period airfields. Not sure on Dishforth in particular but most were erected late ’50s early ’60s, there probably was a smaller one (guessing ‘fort’ type) in front of the hangars.

I think that the entry for Dishforth in the ‘Action Stations’ series has a photograph of a ‘fort’ type watch office.

I was curious to know, did the entire crews of RAF Bomber planes
attend crew briefings or was it just the officers, ie pilots, navigators
etc.?

A great many pilots and navigators were NCO aircrew.

Looks like the interior decoration was done on a dull day.:p

(I’m house-hunting in the West Penwith area myself, but I’d rather have something with windows).

In 1988, while based with the Army in Germany, I got into a conversation with an elderly local who, on discovering I was a Yorkshireman, told me how he’d enjoyed spending some time there in a camp just off the Malton to Pickering road. He was quite astonished to learn that his former home during this period had recently become a major tourist attraction.