The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Welcome Baz. There is plenty of information on military and WW2 history available by browsing the forum. Although the primary interest is airfields of WW2 there is a myriad of associated topics. The INDEX will lead you where you want to go.

To what airfields in Suffolk are you associated?

Thanks for the welcome. Leiston and Tuddenham.

Hello, first post here altough I joined the forum some years ago.

I live close to Venice, Italy and I have interest in WW2 aviation and airfield develpoment in particular.
I fly IL-2 1946 simulator and hope to build some maps with historically-accurate airfields for it.

Kind regards

Nicola

BazJones wrote:

Thanks for the welcome. Leiston and Tuddenham.

Hi Baz, Welcome to the forum. Leiston is also one of my favorites, been there quite a few times. Used to belong to their group with interesting newsletters. Also got a very good book , in-fact a Brilliant book called ; The 357th Over Europe. by Merle Olmsted. Maybe you have this too ? An interesting airfield indeed.

airfields wrote:

BazJones wrote:

Thanks for the welcome. Leiston and Tuddenham.

Hi Baz, Welcome to the forum. Leiston is also one of my favorites, been there quite a few times. Used to belong to their group with interesting newsletters. Also got a very good book , in-fact a Brilliant book called ; The 357th Over Europe. by Merle Olmsted. Maybe you have this too ? An interesting airfield indeed.

Yes sure is. Im a fan of P51s and the 357th and was thrilled to get the chance to meet one of the pilots that flew from there. Have you seen the little museum hut on the caravan park ?

We have been to a couple of Reunions here at their Memorial, got some good photographs ... somewhere from a few years back. First called there about 1988-91 ? at the Cake and Ales place. Used to be a chap called Gus on the little entrance hut to , or near the Caravan park, good days.. last visit was 2018. Planned to go again this year.....? Hopefully get there again next year ..

Gus died some years ago and used to work on the base.
There is a little museum in Gus’ hut inside Cakes and Ale. Friends of Leiston Airfield handle the events such as the ones you are describing. They have a website.