Chris Hall's Photo Gallery
Total 96,362 photos. 176 in this folder. Contact Photographer
, 2017-03-25
view across the former WWII bomber base at Breighton, the grass strip is to the right of the photo
, 2016-10-15
Remains of RAF Blyton located 5 miles NE of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, built in 1942 and was home to several squadrons that operated Wellington, Lancaster and Halifax bombers during WWII
, 2016-04-10
RAF Winthorpe opened in September 1940 as a Heavy Conversion Unit, training Avro Lancaster crews. In 1964 it was purchased by the Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society, It is also home to the Newark Air Museum which opened in 1973
, 2016-04-10
RAF Turweston opened in November 1942 as a bomber training school. It closed in September 1945, but was retained by the Air Ministry and used for vehicle storage, housing the Army's stocks of Bren Gun Carriers. It became Turweston Aerodrome in 1994
, 2016-04-10
Opened in 1943 as RAF Silverstone and was the base for No. 17 OTU operating the Vickers Wellington. It hosted the first ever Formula One World Championship race on 13th May 1950 which was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in his Alfa Romeo 158
, 2016-04-10
RAF Benson opened in April 1943 and currently home to 28 Sqdn, 33 Sqdn operating Pumas, 230 Sqdn and 846 NAS Merlin helicopters
, 2016-04-10
RAF Spitalgate. The base served as HQ for the Dambusters raid on the Ruhr dams of Germany in May 1943. Air Marshal Harris and Barnes Wallis, the inventor of the"bouncing" bombs, monitored communications from the mission air crews throughout the night
, 2016-04-10
RAF Saltby opened in 1942, it was used by both the RAF and USAAF. During the war it was used primarily as a transport airfield. After the war it was closed in 1945. it is now home to the Buckminster Gliding Club
, 2016-04-10
RAF Oakley At the end of the war it was used to repatriated prisoners of war, Operation EXODUS in May 1945 saw the return of over 15000 PoWs. It was used in the opening sequence of the James Bond movie Octopussy when the Acrostar Jet flew through a hangar
