ot for our friends in great britan

ericlb · Mar 30, 2015

just thinking after watching a program on tv, i know space over there is tight, is there any old raf runways dating from the war that would still be visible and recognizable today?

Bob Harvey · Mar 30, 2015

I believe that a few are now auto race tracks.

Majorman · Mar 30, 2015

There are still a lot here in East Anglia and we also have a number of Sqaudron War Mermorials on or near the sites of the bases.

A number of the old bases were bought by a local turkey producer who built rearing huts down the length of the runways and of course we still have Lakenheath and Mildenhall as active ones at the moment.

Old John in Ohio · Mar 30, 2015

Coltishall was an RAF base when I was there in '93. They told me it had been a base since WW II.

roy prins · Mar 30, 2015

this might be a bit off the main topic but I used to haul corn to an old airbase in Kansas called the Flint Hills Feedlot -- it had like 6 or 7 runways that were turned into 1 mile long feedbunks with concrete on both sides -- nice place! I dont know how many head that place holds but it was a bunch -- maybe someone in that area can enlighten us -- Roy

big fred · Mar 30, 2015

Dunno about England, but the base my dad flew from in France is more or less intact. There's a road thru the middle of the runway, but the runway is still there, with patched bomb craters from when the Nazis controlled it before D-day. The nearby village is St Andre d'Leure.

Busflyer · Mar 30, 2015

Duxford was a base during the war and is still active. The Imperial War Museum is there and is a terrific museum if you ever get the chance.

GVSII · Mar 30, 2015

(quoted from post at 14:56:24 03/30/15) There are still a lot here in East Anglia and we also have a number of Sqaudron War Mermorials on or near the sites of the bases.

A number of the old bases were bought by a local turkey producer who built rearing huts down the length of the runways and of course we still have Lakenheath and Mildenhall as active ones at the moment.

Majorman,Is Mildenhall going to remain open after the USAF leaves?

showcrop · Mar 30, 2015

I came across the remains of one a little north of Peterborough when my wife and I were exploring around there. There was the remains of a control tower and a pretty good amount of concrete and a Quonset hut. Out by the road there was a brass plaque that gave the USAAF bomber group that was stationed there. We also went to Duxford. I saw a bunch of Fordsons there in various military variations. I have hunted on Google earth for that base but have not found it. There was a race track and a railroad near it.

Karl in MD · Mar 31, 2015

Slightly OT, but Hendricks Field, Florida; where my dad taught B-17 pilots in W W II, is now Sebring International Raceway, home of the 12 hour sports car race. They still use some of the old runways, and there is a business park there, too.

Majorman · Mar 31, 2015

Do not think so, it will be turned into housing and a business park. There is a movement here to say, if it closes, we want our base in the Indian Ocean back but it is
only joking.

There is an really old base at Marham that will be flying the Typhoon shortly. The original base nearer to the village of Narborough started life before WW1 as a Royal
Naval Aerodrome way before the Royal Flying Corp or the RAF were formed.

North Pickenham, near where I was brought up, was a Liberator for the USAF, then a bomb store and finally became a Thor Missile Base.

We live near Wendling, Shipdham, Attlebridge, North Pickenham all ex USAAF Bases in WW2 so there are lots of reminders of the conflict and your country's part in it that
we see every day. The USAAF is fondly remembered locally.

ObsoElitist · Mar 31, 2015

(quoted from post at 18:27:10 03/30/15) Duxford was a base during the war and is still active. The Imperial War Museum is there and is a terrific museum if you ever get the chance.

The Imperial War Museum is in London, and worth 2 days of your trip

showcrop · Mar 31, 2015

I looked around a little more on google Earth and found that the one that I came across there about fifteen years ago is Spanhoe north of Rockingham raceway near Peterborough. It is apparently in use as an airport for light aircraft.

GVSII · Mar 31, 2015

USAF people have great memories of time on duty in Great Britain as well!

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