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Binbrook
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1947
(©
via Ian Woodward)
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1995
(©
Ian Reid)
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Binbrook
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Industry
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office with Met
Section 2328/39 and later post-war VCR to 5871c/55
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Tower:
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Demolished
February 1995
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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Station History coming soon... |
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1993
(©
Adrian Morris)
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1995
(©
Ian Reid)
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber,
Fighter
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Opened:
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/1940
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Closed:
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/1988
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ID Code:
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BK
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3 concrete, tarmac
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Hangars:
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5- C Type
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County:
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Lincolnshire
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Location:
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9 miles SW of Grimsby
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OS Ref:
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TF189959
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs
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as stated
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Binbrook
airfield
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Control
Tower
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Last
of the Lightnings at Binbrook - XR724
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1990s
(©
David Hawes)
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The
mock-up tower built for the film 'Memphis Belle' in 1989
(©
Ian Reid)
Nothing like the original tower at Bassingbourn |
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Binbrook Lightnings - airfield & control tower: www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2003
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