The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Carol,

Here are some images of the airfield 1948:

www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=hethel

Look also at Norfolk E-Explorer website and select the Map Viewer, Use Wymondham in the Search box and scroll to the bottom to get Wymondham/Wymondham then select.

Zoom the map out to get your bearings then pan slightly right and Scroll the Left Hand Window to get to 1946 aerial photos and click ON.

You should now see Hethel airfield and other features and be able to zoom in to reasonable detail.

I hope this helps.

EDIT: The church location: wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=5...grat=None&rgrat=None

Hi All,

Haven't been on for ages and ages, sorry, couldn't remember my username, or password, so forgot to come on.

A quick (or maybe longer) question. Does anyone, anywhere, have any information, pics, or maps, (or all of the above ) of a WW2 airfield at Bletchley named RAF Church Green, Bletchley. Apparently, it was a small airfield, and was next door to Bletchley Park.

Would love any information on Church green if possible, as my Aunty was stationed there as a cook during WW2, and is now paralised and residing in a nursing home in Manchester.

Once again, sorry for not being on here for a while.

Cheers,

Sal

Hi all, I'm Terry, now in Melbourne, Oz, and want to tell of a WW2 experience I was fortunate to have. My father was employed at Rootes Blythe Bridge as an Aircraft Inspector, and in I think, 1943, there was an exhibition / display of aircraft components and some (dummy) bombs at the Stoke Town Hall, in aid of the war effort. This must have been before July 1943. Father took me to this display, I was quite young, and showed me around the exhibits with considerable pride. I was allowed to sit in a rear gunners turret and move it around and also see a bomb rack loaded with dummy 25 lbs bombs. To my surprise and great excitement I was encouraged to be a "real bomb aimer" and release them onto the wooden floor of the hall. The noise was incredible (but no fires or explosions I admit) and someone then had to reload the bombs. What a thrill! I now realise that my father must have had some pull to enable me to do that. We finished the day by sticking an expensive postage stamp on a very big bomb which was inscribed to Hitler, possibly a 1000 pounder.
I have often wondered if this event was ever reported in the Stoke newspapers of the day but have never been able to find a reference. Maybe a local could do a look-up and I'd be very grateful, Stoke is so far away now.
Exscouse.

There had been a AA Landing Ground near Loughton which had been listed as being between Bletchley & Shenley ( One mile NW Bletchley )

Welcome back Sal

Thanks for the links , these are useful illustrations . I wish they were like google and you could look further out as our village is just off these maps. I wonder if any of the navigation maps were preserved. I guess they might have some at Duxford. I also know the USAAF Memorial library has some films shot in the air , I will look at these as well , Cheers

After looking around at all your information I thought it best to be 'honest' and join the exchange.

I am Ex army air corps and latterly RAF.
Currently a captain for a commercial air operator.

Now living in Newtoft, Lincolnshire.

My interest is the history and life of these old stations - having spent many a happy hour living on various stations. It is always slightly sad to see what they become when the bean counters shut their wallets. So the information on sites like these are so important to remember the energy and life these plots of land had and the purpose they served.

Welcome from another Lincolnshire resident!

Welcome dinoorin; the airfields of today are the relics of tomorrow but most of us will be long gone by then and the military airfields of WW2 are much more satisfying. Living in Lincolnshire you are in the thick of them!