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USA Airfield Control Towers
of WW2 'Then and Now', Babdown Farm to Bush Barn
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Airfield
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County
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Tower today
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Photograph?
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Babdown Farm
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Gloucestershire
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Demolished
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No
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West Midlands
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Yes
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Yes
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Scotland
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Yes
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Yes, 1993, 1997
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Balderton
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Nottinghamshire
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Demolished
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No
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N. Ireland
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Yes
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Yes
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Ballykelly
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N. Ireland
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Yes
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No
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Banff
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Scotland
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Yes
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Yes
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Lincolnshire
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Yes
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Yes, 1982, 2002
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Oxfordshire
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Demolished
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Yes
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Lincolnshire
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Yes
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Yes, 2002
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Barnsley Park
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Gloucestershire
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Demolished
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No
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Barrow
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Cumbria
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Yes
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Yes
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Greater Manchester
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Yes
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Yes, 1985
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Cambridgeshire
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Yes, museum
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Yes, 1944-98
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Battlestead Hill
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Staffordshire
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Demolished
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No
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Beaulieu
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Hampshire
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Demolished
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No
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Beaumaris
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Anglesea
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Seaplane Base
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No
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Suffolk
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Yes
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Yes, 1982, 2000
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Bellasize
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Yorkshire
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Demolished
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No
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Northern Ireland
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Demolished 1995
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Yes
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Scotland
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Not known
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Yes
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Benson
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Oxon
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Demolished
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No
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Suffolk
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Yes
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Yes
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Berrow
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Hereford & Worcs
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Demolished
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No
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Oxon
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Yes
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Yes, 2001
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Biggin Hill
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Kent
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Yes
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No
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Bibury
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Gloucsetershire
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Demolished
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No
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Lincolnshire
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Demolished 1995
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Yes, 1947
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Birch
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Essex
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Demolished
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No
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Norfolk
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Yes
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Yes
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Bircotes
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Nottinghamshire
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Demolished
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No
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N. Ireland
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Yes
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Yes
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Bisterne
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Hampshire
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Demolished
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No
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Leicestershire
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Demolished 1988
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Yes, 1987
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Black Isle
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Scotland
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Demolished
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No
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Hampshire
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Demolished
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Yes
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Gloucestershire
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Demolished
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Yes
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Blidworth
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Nottinghamshire
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Demolished
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No
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Lincolnshire
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Demolished
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Yes
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Boa Island
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Hereford & Worcs
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Demolished
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No
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Norfolk
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Yes
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Yes, 1944, 69, 02
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Bodorgan
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Anglesey
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Demolished
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No
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Bognor
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Sussex
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Demolished
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No
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Bolt Head
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Devon
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Demolished
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No
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Booker
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Buckinghamshire
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Demolished
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No
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Essex
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Yes
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Yes
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Leicestershire
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Yes
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Yes, 1992-2006
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Cambridgeshire
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Demolished
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Yes, 1944
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Boulmer
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Northumberland
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Demolished
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No
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Bourn
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Cambridgeshire
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Demolished
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No
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Hertfordshire
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Yes
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Yes
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Bowmore
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Scotland
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Demolished
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No
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Boxted
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Essex
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Demolished
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No
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Brackla
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Scotland
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Demolished
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No
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Essex
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Yes
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Yes
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Lincolnshire
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Demolished
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Yes
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Warwickshire
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Yes
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Yes
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Bratton
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Shropshire
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Demolished
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No
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Braunstone
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Leicestershire
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Demolished
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No
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Brawdy
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Wales
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Demolished 1996
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No
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Bray
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Berkshire
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Demolished
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No
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Brayton
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Cumbria
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Demolished
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No
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Breighton
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Yorkshire
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Demolished
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No
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Brenzett
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Kent
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Demolished
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No
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Bridleway Gate
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Shropshire
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Demolished
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No
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Brize Norton
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Oxfordshire
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?
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No
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Oxfordshire
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Yes
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Yes
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Brockton
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Oxfordshire
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Demolished
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No
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Brooklands
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Surrey
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Yes
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No
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Brough
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Yorkshire
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Yes
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Yes
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Broxbourne
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Hertfordshire
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Demolished
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No
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Leicestershire
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Yes
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Yes, 2001
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Brunton
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Northumberland
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Demolished
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No
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Suffolk
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Demolished
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Yes
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Burn
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Yorkshire
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Demolished
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Yes, 1982
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Burnaston
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Derbyshire
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Demolished
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Yes
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Lancashire
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Demolished 2004
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Yes
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Cheshire
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Demolished
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Yes
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Suffolk
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Yes, museum
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Yes, 1972, 2001
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Buttergask
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Scotland
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Demolished
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No
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Bush Barn
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Berkshire
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Demolished
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No
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Flying Corps
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Royal
Air Force
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Fleet
Air Arm
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Air
Transport Auxiliary
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RAF
Eagle Squadron
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US
Army Air Force 1941-47
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8th
USAAF
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9th
USAAF
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US
Navy
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