Airfields on film

Hi All
I am making a list of ww2 airfields used in films and TV f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oBfhSKgATd ... 0films.doc

this is the list so far

Mike
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Mike

Welcome along - at last!!! I'll move the post to "Airfield Discussion" as it is probably best there. Do I have your permission to put the list up so far?

West Malling- We'll meet again.
Lakenheath- Tomorrow never dies.
Halton- Flyboys
Hatfield- Saving private Ryan and trench scenes for Flyboys.
West Raynham- Over here and A perfect Hero.

Hi Richard, that is OK to post the info
Mike

Thanks to Mike, The list so far includes:
(With additions from posts below to 30/9/08)

Key;
F = Film
S = Series
D = Documentary
O = Other film / TV
U = Unknown

Abingdon, Oxfordshire = '633 Squadron' (1964) F
Abingdon, Oxfordshire = 'Blake 7 – Pressure Point’ (c.1979) S
Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire = 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) F
Barford St. John, Oxfordshire = 'Twelve O'Clock High' (1949) F
Benson, Oxfordshire = ‘Night Flight’ (1942) D
Bentwaters, Suffolk = 'Dog Borstal' S
Bentwaters, Suffolk = ‘Space Cadets’ O
Biggin Hill, Kent = 'The Da Vinci Code' (2006) F
Binbrook, Lincolnshire = 'Memphis Belle' (1990) F
Booker, Buckinghamshire = ‘Dr Who - The Deadly Assassin’ (1976)
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire = '633 Squadron' (1964) F
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire = 'The Avengers - The Hour that Never Was’ (1965) S
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire = 'Blake 7 – The Harvest of Kairos’ (1980) S
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire = 'Hanover Street' (1979) F
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire = 'Pathfinders' (1972-3) S
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire = 'The War Lover' (1962) F
Breighton, Yorkshire = 'Flyboys' (2006) F
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire = 'Piece of Cake' (1988) F
Catterick, North Yorkshire = 'Way to the Stars' (1945) F
Debden, Essex = 'The Battle of Britain' (1969) F
Denham, Buckinghamshire = ‘Journey Together’ (1946) F
Duxford, Cambridgeshire = 'The Battle of Britain' (1969) F
Duxford, Cambridgeshire = 'Memphis Belle' (1990) F
East Kikby, Lindolnshire = 'BBC film Night Flight using Just Jane' O
Fairford, Gloucestershire = ‘Dr Who – The Invasion’ (1968)
Friston, Sussex = 'Piece of Cake' (1988) F
Friston, Sussex = ‘Journey Together’ (1946) F
Halton, Buckinghamshire = 'Flyboys' (2006) F
Hatfield, Hertfordshire = 'Band of Brothers' (2001) S
Hatfield, Hertfordshire = 'Saving private Ryan' (1998) F
Hatfield, Hertfordshire = 'Flyboys' (2006) F
Hawkinge, Kent = 'The Battle of Britain' (1969) F
Hendon, Greater London = 'Shadow of the Wing' (1939) F
Hemswell, Lincolnshire = ‘The Dam Busters’ (1955) F
Hornchurch, Essex = ‘The Lion Has Wings’ (1939) F
Ibsley, Hampshire = ‘The First of the Few’ / ‘Spitfire’ (1942) F
Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire = ‘A Yank in the RAF’ (1941) F
Kenley, Surrey = ‘Angels One Five’ (1952) F
Kenley, Surrey = ‘Reach for the Sky' (1956) F
Lakenheath, Suffolk = 'Tomorrow never dies' (1997) F
Leeming, Yorkshire = 'Strike Force' (1981) S
Leconfield, Yorkshire = ‘Conflict of Wings’ (1954) F
Methwold, Norfolk = ‘Journey Together’ (1946) F
Mildenhall, Suffolk = ‘The Lion Has Wings’ (1939) F
Mildenhall, Suffolk = ‘Night Flight’ (1942) D
Mildenhall, Suffolk = ‘Target for tonight’ (1941) D
Negombo, Ceylon = 'Purple Rain' (1984) F
Northolt, Greater London = ‘Night Flight’ (1942) D
Northolt, Greater London = 'The One That Got Away' (1957) F
Northolt, Greater London = 'Octopussy’ (1983) F
North Weald, Essex = ‘Battle of Britain’ (1969) F
North Weald Essex = 'Band of Brothers' (2001) S
Oakington, Cambridgeshire = ‘One of Our Aircraft is Missing’ (1942) F
Pembrey, Wales = ‘Journey Together’ (1946) F
Polebrook, Northamptonshire = ‘Flying Fortress’ (1942) F
Prestwick, Scotland = ‘A Yank in the RAF’ (1941) F
Rufforth, Yorkshire = ‘Airline’ (c.1970) S
St Athan, Wales = ‘Dr Who - The Age of Steel’ (2006) S
St Athan, Wales = ‘Dr Who - The Empty Child’ (2005) S
St Athan, Wales = ‘Dr Who - Planet of the Ood’ (2007) S
Scampton, Lincolnshire = ‘The Dam Busters’ (1955) F
Shoreham, Sussex = 'The Da Vinci Code' (2006) F
South Cerney, Gloucestershire = 'Piece of Cake' (1988) F
South Marston, Wiltshire = 'Speed Up on Stirlings' (1942) D
Sywell, Northamptonshire = ‘Battle of Britain’ (1969) F
Sywell, Northamptonshire = 'Amy' (year unknown) U
Upwood, Cambridgeshire = ‘Appointment in London’ (1952) F
Tangmere, West Sussex = ‘Dr Who - Revelation of the Daleks’ (1985)
Tangmere, West Sussex = ‘Dr Who - Silver Nemesis’ (1988)
West Malling, Kent = 'We'll Meet Again' (1982) S
West Malling, Kent = 'Pathfinders' (1972-3) S
West Raynam, Norfolk = 'The Last Hangman' (2005) F
West Raynam, Norfolk = 'Over here' (1980) F
West Raynam, Norfolk = 'A perfect Hero' (1991) F
Wethersfield, Essex = 'Lovejoy' (Year not known) S

Duxford was only used as a base for the aerial filming part of Memphis Belle, also cambridge airport featured in Piece of cake.

Bovingdon & West Malling: Pathfinders -TV series 1972-3
South Marston: Speed Up on Stirlings - documentary 1942
Mildenhall: Night Flight - documentary 1942 (also Northolt & Benson)
Pembrey, Denham & Friston: Journey Together - 1946
Polebrook: Flying Fortress - 1942
Oakington: One of Our Aircraft is Missing - 1942

Source for all above: Falconer, J. 1996 RAF Bomber Command in Fact and Fiction. Stroud: Sutton Publishing

Bovingdon: The Avengers - The Hour that Never Was- c.1965 (Superb )

Shoreham; The Da Vinci Code
Biggin Hill; The Da Vinci Code
Bentwaters; Space Cadets

Excellent!! This post has answered quite a few questions for me. Cheers!

Blake's 7 was also filmed at RAF Abingdon circa 1979.

It was the supposed location of the Star One data center.