Good wishes from another junk collector, I do hope that good health returns soon.
Denis.

Sorry to hear that, I had the great pleasure of being able to meet and talk to Air Commodore Ted Sismore on the subject of those low level Mosquito raids three years ago.

A few items from A Dornier that crashed at Laindon, Basildon in 1940 and found for sale in a curio shop in Eastleigh near Southend in 1977.
Joined the EAG not long after that as it had kindled my interest in crash sites.

I wonder if the same comments would be made if a certain Duxford based operator damaged one of his own aircraft?

Cut the chap some slack fer gawds sake!

Shame how the first three years of war that saw the RAF 21, 82, 90( the first Fortresses to operate in the UK) and 102 Squadron’s history left off.
Two years of USAAF use, and the passer by would be thinking it was only the US that operated from there. Unless there is another memorial?

Why are they so ‘knowledgable’ too,
I asked one chap who works at a certain control tower museum in Suffolk about the airfield lighting after a walk around the perimeter track. The response I got was a scoff and a smirk with the reply that ‘there were no lights, it was an American bomber base, and they flew by day’

But you are right, many seem extremely miserable

I am sure the developer could have spared you the small piece of land for the museum buildings and with the right approach they could even have worked it so that the museum was an asset to their development but, as usual, the developer doesn’t appear to be able to see beyond the immediate cost of losing a little bit of the land..

Unfortunately property or land developers dont wish to build houses with an old temporary brick airfield building as part of the ‘view’. Can you really imagine four of five luxury houses being built with a slightly rickety looking museum ( no offence Jason-I’m on your side! ) as part of the development?

We are seeing part of Hunsdon airfield being built on, right where the main briefing rooms were, but there will be no aviation link with the road name. The local council have decided that.

I wish you well Jason, having been there on your pre opening bash it was, and still is a great idea and hope that you find alternative accomodation.

But collectively we must accept that no matter how we feel about these old airfields and the buildings that we wish could be preserved forever…they dont count one little jot when the £ sign is flashing in developers eyes.