Relics of closure

[Tin basher]

Thirty-eight RAF bases in the UK have closed in the past 20 years as part the Ministry of Defence's "constant review of defence needs". But what happened to them after the military left? The link shows some of the 38 RAF camps of yesteryear which have been left to the weeds or the paint ballers, a scrap harrier, Jaguar nose section? 20M radar dishes on the floor and an overturned Wessex.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28674396

 

[Teh Wal]

And for a bit of context, or maybe just an "Oh wow" moment, here's an interesting map DT_Xtremez_19:

http://www.anti-aircraft.co.uk/airfieldmap2.html#

 

[Wobbly_Jon]

Relics of closure

Cracking site. I knew of some of the airfields especially in NW England like Speke, Ringway, Millom, etc, from my youth but I never knew there were oh so many others.

 

[briggfairy]

And for a bit of context, or maybe just an "Oh wow" moment, here's an interesting map DT_Xtremez_19:

http://www.anti-aircraft.co.uk/airfieldmap2.html#

That website is very interesting, particularly as I live in north lincs in a house built in the 1800's it must have had a lot of overflying.

mind you one of the ones on orkney should have been kept open so that certain people could be posted there