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25-06-2006
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Real Name: Richard My Models: Special Designs and Patches to match Visit rjwood_uk's Gallery
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|  WWII airfield
every weekend when i bike to work i go through an old WWII airfirled that is now farmland.
would anyone like any pictures of the runway/taxiways and pill boxes for refference pictures? | 
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26-06-2006
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Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warwick,UK Real Name: Barry My Models: Aviation artifacts Visit wonwinglo's Gallery
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| ***Yes please,what is the name of this old airfield,I may be able to get some history for you ? Quote: |
Originally Posted by rjwood_uk every weekend when i bike to work i go through an old WWII airfirled that is now farmland.
would anyone like any pictures of the runway/taxiways and pill boxes for refference pictures? |
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26-06-2006
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hertfordshire Real Name: Richard My Models: Special Designs and Patches to match Visit rjwood_uk's Gallery
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| to be honest i have NO idea!!! i know there used to be be one in sawbridgeworth as my "unlcle's" (good friend of the family) dad served there but this one is in-between bishops stortford/much hadham kind of area. if you can find anything out it would be great! in the mean time i will go on a nice bike ride during the week and get some pictures!!! | |
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26-06-2006
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Yorks: Nassau, Bahama's:Port Canaveral, USA: and all points in between. Real Name: Richard My Models: Robbe U-47, Deans Marine Cossack, Steam Coaster, Revell U-Boat, Motorcycles. Visit Bunkerbarge's Gallery
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Richard, Any such pictures are worth keeping in the gallery for anyone who may want to refer to them in the future.
Thanks for taking the time to do this for every ones benefit. | |
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26-06-2006
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Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warwick,UK Real Name: Barry My Models: Aviation artifacts Visit wonwinglo's Gallery
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| ***Richard,if you can give me the co-ordinates or grid reference I will get the airfields group to check it out for you.
Go to multimap.com and do a screen grab of the location.
Sawbridgeworth had Westland Lysanders on Army Co-operation work. Quote: |
Originally Posted by rjwood_uk to be honest i have NO idea!!! i know there used to be be one in sawbridgeworth as my "unlcle's" (good friend of the family) dad served there but this one is in-between bishops stortford/much hadham kind of area. if you can find anything out it would be great! in the mean time i will go on a nice bike ride during the week and get some pictures!!! |
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26-06-2006
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| got some pics of google map (you can see the longitude and latitude at the bottom
the one with the red dots are the locations of some pill boxes, the other one is the general area of the air field although i cant find the taxi ways or runway at all...so either im getting confused on google map or they have got rind of them!
wont be able to know untill i go and have a look and get some pictures as i dont actually go past the runway/taxiway part of it when i go to work but i used to go on bike rides in that area when i was a kid so i know its there....or at least used to be!!
but i def know the pill boxes are there as i go past them. In the picture you will se 2 red dots quite close to each other, the one on the left is a pill box and the one next to it are the foundations of some small building.
hope this helps Barry! | |
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26-06-2006
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| Richard,this is getting interesting,very little if any signs of a runway there but the pillboxes look as if they are at strategic points,can you give me the name of the area please ? nearest village/town,what did you place into multimap to find these pictures ? thank you.
Certainly reverted back to farmland a long while ago,wonder if it is a pre WW2 airfield ?
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26-06-2006
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| well its kind of in-between bishops stortford and perry green and green tye near much hadham!
i didnt use multimap i used google map. like what we have on the website but you can download it for free and use it as a program! http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
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26-06-2006
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Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warwick,UK Real Name: Barry My Models: Aviation artifacts Visit wonwinglo's Gallery
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| Wel lets see what happens,it is now in the hands of the experts at Airfields UK and Ireland group where I have posted it,if they do not know the name of this place then nobody will ? in the past they have identified many relatively unknown places putting a name to them.
I have looked carefully again but still unable to see much in the way of any runways,normally these show as darkened grassed areas.
The farmers were sometimes quick to rip up runways and taxiways on reclaimed land,but happy to retain any buildings of use.
Will keep everyone posted about the results,I think these old airfields are really nostalgic places.
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26-06-2006
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Basildon Essex Real Name: Nigel My Models: All sorts Visit Nigel.D's Gallery
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| Sawbridgeworth had coir matting thats why nothing shows il post up some info on it | |
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