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John Cooper


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I have just finished reading 'Bawdsey, Birth of the Beam' by Gordon Kinsey [Terence Dalton Limited ISBN 0 86138 017 7] but in part of this book there is a whole section dedicated to RAF Sutton Heath/Woodbridge which was built and used exclusively for Allied Aircraft not being able to make their own bases during WWII

This makes for a fascinating read, in fact you could just imagine being there on one of those crash crews, some landed on a wing and a prayer, others didn't and perished when they ran out of fuel or their kites were so badly shot up that on an attempted landing they 'ground looped' and never made it

I quote from Gordon's book

............this was to be the first of 4115 aircraft to make emergency landings, 1100 due to technical trouble, 995 suffering battle damage, 820 short of fuel and 1200 due to bad weather, mainly fog at their home bases.





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stationed at RAF Lakenheath 1978 to 1981 and RAF alconbury 1982 to 1986

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John Cooper


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Tom

Welcome to the forumsmile.gif

JohnC~Admin

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Tarkey


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Hi Tom and a big welcome from me as well
I have never been to Alconbury but have visited Lakenheath a few times
see  for the recent one

http://mhas.org.uk/visits/20090710.html

I am also arranging a trip to Mildenhall next year.

Would you like to share with us about your time here

Tarkey



-- Edited by Tarkey on Tuesday 27th of October 2009 09:04:38 AM

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For those interested in Aviation [British as well as USAF] I visited three air bases on Thursday, Honington, Lakenheath and Mildenhall, I am currently uploading pics of the visit  to here [or Honington & Lakenheath] http://rafmartlesham.activeboard.com/index.spark?aBID=133322&p=3&topicID=33012034

-- Edited by John Cooper on Saturday 10th of April 2010 01:03:58 PM

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