Hmmmm….interesting thread.
I spent some time working at Avignon Caumont airfield in the South of France back in 1984. There were “rumours” of tunnels under the airfield that dated back centuries. Apparently, they had been opened up during the war and several of them enlarged and reinforced.
We did start an excavation behind our hangar and found what was most certainly evidence of tunnels, although much of the concrete had collapsed and was too dangerous to investigate.
In the other half of our hangar, which was fenced off, there was an entance in the floor which had been covered with old wooden railway sleepers. This entance was roughly twelve feet by twelve feet in size. We never got to explore it but were told by the locals that there were, amongst other things, Hispano Suiza engines stored down there.
I can’t vouch at all for anything being stored underground, but I did discover the remains of some kind of aircraft structure in the local woods – I have a picture somewhere – as well plenty of unexploded 20mm cannon shells scattered around the airfield. (We foolishly dug a pit, had a bonfire and chucked them in for a laugh…..20 minutes later, the local Gendarmerie turned up for a cuppa and a chat! They thought it was great fun ducking the shrapnel!!!)
Steve
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