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Finmere
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1999
(© Robert Truman)
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Finmere
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
Sunday market
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for Bomber
Stations and OTU's 13726/41, small front windows to 15683/41
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Tower:
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In
2001 a ruined shell, can be viewed fairly closely during the Sunday market
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Other
Buildings:
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Hangars
remain in use for industry, runways and a few buildings on dispersed sites,
pillboxes in woods.
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History:
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Opened as satellite to Bicester. Transferred
to 9
Group Fighter Command in
June 1943 with 13 Operational Training Unit flying Mosquitos and Bostons
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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OTU
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Opened:
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8/1942
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Closed:
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7/1945
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Pundit Code:
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FI
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3, concrete
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Hangars:
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1x - B1, 1x - T2
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County:
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Buckinghamshire
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Location:
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3-1/2 miles W of Buckingham
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OS Ref:
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SP642322
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs
© Robert Truman
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1999
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RAF
Finmere airfield
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RAF
Finmere airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2006
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