Kimbolton, UK
What is left of a World War 2 airfield in Kimbolton, UK
Haunted RAF Kimbolton experimental technique on Dispersal
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Make the most of this one as i'm walking away for a while, simply had enough of EVPs and the headaches from processing/analysing
The airfield was originally built in 1941 for RAF Fighter Command, then as the RAF decided they didn't need it the airfield was expanded for use by American bombers during 1942.
Kimbolton was assigned to the United States Army Air ForcesEighth Air Force and given the designation USAAF Station 117.
The 91st Bombardment Group arrived from Walla Walla AAF in September 1942 it's squadrons were the 322nd, 323rd, 324th & 401st all equipped with B-17s...........On 14 October the 91st BG transferred to Bassingbourn because the runways at Kimbolton were not sturdy enough for the B-17s.
The 17th BG with B26 Marauders began arriving from Barksdale AAF within days, the squadrons were the 37th, 95th, and 432nd. The 17th BG used Kimbolton as a transitory airfield on its way to the North African campaign and in November they departed for Telergma in Algeria and Kimbolton underwent an upgrade to it's runways and hardstandings.
May 1943 The 379th BG arrived from Sioux City equipped with the B-17 Flying Fortress. Its operational Squadrons were the 524th, 525th, 526th & 527th.
The 379th flew 330 missions, lost 149 B-17s and claimed 315 enemy aircraft.
In June 1945 the 379th was transferred to Casablanca and Kimbolton was returned to the RAF. In 1946 Kimbolton closed but retained on standby status until 1960.
It is a very haunted airfield - famous for a B17 crew seen in a burned out aircraft playing cards
It's taken me about 8 years to get around to this - for a long time I could get nothing out of the wind and was very disappointed with this... I have devised a technique for extracting voices from the wind only recently - this I applied to the Kimbolton recording..
Despite the wind I definitely wasn't alone on that dispersal....In truth I need to go back and get a better recording
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Exploring Thorpe Abbott Airbase. Control Tower Museum, Battle HQ and Communal Site Remains. Norfolk.
RAF THORPE ABBOTTS / USAAF STATION 139.
Construction of the airfield, which was initially planned as a satellite for RAF Horham in Suffolk, commenced in 1942, but because of the rapid build-up of the Eighth Air Force both airfields were handed over to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Thorpe Abbotts airfield was designated Station 139. The airfield area covered more than 600 acres and included three runways, 5.60 kilometres of perimeter track and fifty aircraft dispersals. The main runway was 1,920 metres (6,300 feet) long and one of the longest in the Eighth Air Force. At its peak there were about seventy B-17 aircraft and 3,500 personnel at the base.
The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived on 9 June 1943 and was assigned to the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing. Its operational squadrons were the 349th, 350th, 351st and 418th Bomb Squadrons.
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Operation Possum 2016 Kimbolton Station 117 Memorial
Week 2 of Operation Possum raising awareness and donations for Combat Stress and YoungMinds charities. Cycled from Brampton Grange (the 1st Air Division Headquarters) to Kimbolton Station 117 memorial. If you would like to donate a VirginGiving page has been set up.
Memorial service for crew of RAF Flying Fortress AN534, 90 Squadron, Polebrook
Many years after Boeing AN534 crashed in a field in England during World War II, the long-misunderstood circumstances of the flight finally became known thanks in large part to historian Steve Vincent, and a memorial service was held in 2007, near the site of the crash, to properly honour the memory of all aboard that day, July 28th, 1941.
Flight Sgt. Reginald G. Bradley, RAFVR
Flight Sgt. Hubert C G Brook, RAFVR
Sgt. Robert Henderson, RAFVR
1st Lt. Laird W Hendricks, USAAC
Flight Sgt. Ronald C A Muir, RAF
Sgt. Philip S Pugh, RAFVR
Sgt. Roy Smith, RAFVR
Flight Sgt. Bradley was my grandfather. I am humbled by the depth of his service to the Royal Air Force, and ultimately his sacrifice for his country.
Little staughton return
Trial of recording aircraft intercom
95th Bomb Group: A Return to Horham
Honoring the men who flew out of Horham, England in World War Two, and showing the town and the air base as they exist today, along with some vintage shots.
RAF control tower
Abandoned RAF control tower on active base later discovered training grounds and tank shells to find out its now used for air-soft
Raf Glatton Memorial Service 2010
Glatton Airfield was first used by the USAAF (United States Army Air Force) 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy). The Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses and operated as part of the 94th Combat Bombardment Wing with the 401st (Deenethorpe) and 351st (Polebrook) Bomb Groups of the 1st Bombardment Division. Its tail code was Triangle U.
The 457th Bomb Group consisted of 4 operational squadrons:
· 748th Bombardment Squadron
· 749th Bombardment Squadron
· 750th Bombardment Squadron
· 751st Bombardment Squadron
The 457th Bomb Group flew its first mission on 21 February 1944 during Big Week, taking part in the concentrated attacks of heavy bombers on the German aircraft industry. Until June 1944, the Group engaged primarily in bombardment of strategic targets, such as ball-bearing plants, aircraft factories, and oil refineries in Germany.
Grounded planes and gliders at RAF Saltby airfield in England during World War II...HD Stock Footage
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Grounded planes and gliders at RAF Saltby airfield in England during World War II.
RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield in England during World War II. The airfield is covered with grounded planes and gliders as seen from an aircraft in flight. Location: United Kingdom. Date: May 30, 1944.
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RAF Newton from the Air
RAF Newton was used briefly as a bomber base and then as a flying training school during World War II. The station became the headquarters of No 12 Group, Fighter Command from 1946 until 1958, when Technical Training Command took over the station for electronic fitters courses. The station became the home of the RAF School of Education in1972, and also the RAF Police Training School in 1973. The base closed in 1996.
Debach Airfield May 2018
Debach Airfield May 2018
British bomber lands on grass, World War Two. Archive film 97846
Airfield in the U.K. during World War Two. An allied bomber landing in daylight on grass
War Thunder -Yorkshire Airfields of the Second World War
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Exploring RAF Metheringham
Exploring the old RAF Metheringham site. All work is my own. Recorded on DJI Phantom 3 standard. Edited using DJI GO
Polebrook airfield..351st bomb group...
10.20 mins .Main entrance to airfield..2 mins start of main runway..pilots view of coming in to land..
USAF / RAF Greenham Common Revisited
The control tower at the former RAF base at Greenham Common has opened to the public after a refurbishment costing about £750,000.
When the US Air Force brought cruise missiles to the base in the 1980s activists established the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp and began a protest that lasted 19 years.
The control tower now houses a museum and cafe.
Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War and the United States Air Force during the Cold War, also as a base for nuclear weapons. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in September 1992.
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Rougham Airfield Paranormal Investigation Pt 1
Rougham Airfield &Tower Paranormal investigation, with Argyll Ghost Guides and White Light Guardians, links to pages at the bottom