Attended in my Jodel…only tailwheel GA-type to fly-in 😎
There was another VIP there – the Tornado pilot who got shot down in 1991 Gulf War and later became an ITN correspondant. What’s his name?
The Harvard raised a few hairs on the back of my neck. To see that radial and wing come towards you, lights on, put me in mind of beingon an airfield under attack. Prop was noisy on takeoff. Are they almost supersonic?
There’s little left at Knettishall in terms of buildings. One of the T2 hangars is still there, converted now for agricultural use. The other hangar, tower, crew rooms and accommodation have long since gone. The peritrack remains. Part of the main runway remains serving as hard standing for the modellers and alongside, a small GA-hangar and grass strip from where Moggy flies his kite.
If one were to take a trip along the peritrack, you would see that the site is now agricultural. Fields, crops, the odd lapwing and pheasant. One hard-standing remains. Spookily there is a gap in a hedge, with a single bush standing in the middle. This is where a B17 crash landed and the mark still remains today.
I recall there were 117 losses whilst the base was in operation.
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