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Deenethorpe
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1995
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Mark Brotherton)
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Deenethorpe
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands, 12779/41 with small front windows to 343/43
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Tower:
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Demolished
1996
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Other
Buildings:
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Some
on technical site
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History:
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10/43
to 7/45, 612th, 613th, 614th, 615th Bombardment Squadrons of the 401st
Bombardment Group (Heavy), flew 255 combat missions from here losing 95
B-17's, returned to the USA. 
6/45 to 6/46, No. 11 Recruitment Centre.Used for many years by the Royal Observer Corps. |
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1945
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Mark Brotherton)
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RAF and 8th USAAF
Station
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber
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Opened:
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/1943
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Closed:
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/1946
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ID Code:
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DP
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USAAF Station:
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128
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Runways:
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3 concrete, tarmac and
wood chips
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Hangars:
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2x - T2
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County:
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Northamptonshire
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Location:
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9 miles NE of Kettering
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OS Ref:
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SP960900
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Links:
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©
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Photographs
© as stated
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1944
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1987
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Mark Brotherton)
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1973
(© Steve Bond)
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RAF
Deenethorpe airfield 1943-46 - 401st BG -
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RAF
Deenethorpe 401 BG airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2002
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