Some photo’s of Willingale AF are on my website. Google Earth also shows what is left, as does live.local.com from Microsoft.
http://local.live.com/
Tell aviation archaeologists that there is a buried bunker in your garden. Tell them that it is stuffed full of Hurricane and Spitfire parts. You wont then have to worry about landscaping your new Garden 😉
Seriously, I Have seen a book that has something similar that you describe in it. I cannot for the life of me remember what it was called though. The local council may be able to offer an answer in their records.You could even try local history associations or groups.
(the cowless Stearman) !
So without St Ivel they will all be cow-less?
Thank you tenthije, can you keep us up to date on what is found please? 🙂
I am quite sure that the last thing a Farmer needs is motorcycles roaring around without permission. This is the sort of activity that will cause the complete shutdown of access to many old wartime airfields, thus stopping entry to people who may well have travelled some distance to look at the visible remains of these places.
Hunsdon airfield was one place that suffered unauthorised use of dirt bikes. The owners of the land now employ weekend security staff to keep the bikers off. While building the memorial there we had to endure some of these motorbikes riding flat out around the perimeter track with no regard to people out walking.
The airfield itself is criss crossed with public rights of way, but these do not allow the use of motorcycles/offroaders ect. A public footpath is a footpath, not having any rights for mechanically powered vehicles whatsoever.
This museum just gets better by the year. My all time favourite place to go.
For me a more nostalgic place than Duxford and the RAF Museum combined.
Email sent Jules 😉
Well done Zwitter
As for the building being titled ‘Officers Mess’ The original Officers mess was at a large country house still in situ at Hunsdon called ‘Bonningtons. The building in the image looks very familiar to one that stood on the airfield up until 1972, but then again the image could have been taken at any old airfield in Britain.
Well done all on the evidence uncovered, case closed your Honour 🙂
I wont tell if you dont Moggie 😉
Thanks all,
your Comments on theses ‘images’ has confirmed what I originaly thought. There is no way I would post these up on the Hunsdon airfield website (thanks for the plug moggie 🙂 )
At the Hunsdon re-union and memorial dedication last year, we talked to many of the vets. Most of them never owned a camera, or if they had, rarely took photographs. Even the squadron Photographer for 21 Squadron said he only took a few, even then he has long since lost ’em.
Makes you wonder why people do this sort of thing, especially to send them to me hoping I would make a chump of meself by posting such poorly faked images. Ho hum, life goes on :rolleyes:
Sunday 6th Aug 1714 hours.
Spitfire departed from North Weald vicinity heading North…again!.
Saturday, 13:45 ‘ish’ 5th Aug:Hurricane heading South from Hunsdon area towards North Weald.
Sunday 6th Aug, around 1400 hours, Spitfire Heading North from North Weald towards Hunsdon area.
(I live in Harlow on the western edge, and see many aircraft in transit probably between North Weald and Duxford)
Seems this item has been pulled from the listing.
The Grenade launcher in the tail of some Heinkel 111’s ?
I am third from the left, Taken after the dedication of the RAF Sawbridgeworth memorial that we built in May 2006.