Index of airfields covered in alphabetical order with links to the relevant section and the interactive map. Clicking on the name will take you to the interactive map.
Clicking on ‘trail’ will take you to the relevant page.
RAF Andrews Field – (Great Saling/Station 485) – Trail 33: Essex Part 1.
RAF Attlebridge (Station 120) – Trail 7: Northwest Norfolk.
RAF Barkston Heath (Station 483) – Trail 2: Lincoln Borders and Newark
RAF Barton Bendish – Trail 7: Northwest Norfolk.
RAF Biggin Hill (Westersham) (Station 343) – Trail 4: Kent Part 1.
RAF Bircham Newton – Trail 20: North Norfolk (Part 1).
RAF Bodney (Station 141) – Trail 8: Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 1 of 3).
RAF Bottesford (Station 481) – Trail 52: Leicestershire’ Borders.
RAF Bottisham (Station 374) – Trail 55: Around Newmarket
RAF Boulmer – Trail 47: Northumberland.
RAF Bourn – Trail 31: Southern Cambridgeshire (Part 2).
RAF Brenzett (ALG) – Trail 18: Kent Part 2.
RAF Brunton – Trail 47: Northumberland.
RAF Bungay (Flixton) (Station 125) – Trail 14: Central Suffolk (Part 1).
RAF Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham) (Station 468) – Trail 16: West Suffolk (part 1).
RAF Castle Camps – Trail 45: Essex (Part 2).
RAF Caxton Gibbet – Trail 29: Southern Cambridge (Part 1).
RAF Charterhall – Trail 41: The Borders of Scotland and England.
RAF Chedburgh – Trail 49: Bomber Command – Bury St. Edmunds to Haverhill
RAF Collyweston – Trail 37: The Northern Reaches of Cambridgeshire.
RAF Coltishall – Trail 7: Northwest Norfolk.
RAF Coningsby – Trail 1: Lower Lincolnshire.
RAF Cottam – Trail 40: Yorkshire (East Riding).
RNAS Crail – Trail 53: Scotland’s East Coast – Fife
RAF Cranwell – Trail 2: Lincoln Borders and Newark.
RAF Debach (Station 152) – Trail 39: Suffolk around Ipswich (Part 1).
RAF Debden (Station 356) – Trail 46: Essex Part 3.
RAF Deenethorpe (Station 128) – Trail 6: American Ghosts.
RAF Deopham Green (Station 142) – Trail 27: Southern Norfolk (Part 3).
RAF Digby (Scopwick) – Trail 1: Lower Lincolnshire.
RAF Docking – Trail 20: North Norfolk (Part 1).
RAF Downham Market (Bexwell) – Trail 7: Northwest Norfolk.
RAF Drem – Trail 42: Edinburgh’s Neighbours.
RAF Dunino – Trail 53: Scotland’s East Coast – Fife.
RAF East Fortune – Trail 42: Edinburgh’s Neighbours.
RAF East Kirkby – Trail 1: Lower Lincolnshire.
RAF East Wretham (Station 133) – Trail 13: Southern Norfolk around Diss (Part 2).
RAF Eye (Brome) (Station 134) – Trail 14: Central Suffolk (Part 1).
RAF Fersfield – (Station 130) – Trail 28: Southern Norfolk (Part 4).
RAF Foulsham – Trail 22: North Norfolk (Part 3).
RAF Fowlmere – Trail 32: Southern Cambridgeshire (Part 3).
RAF Framlingham (Parham) (Station 153) – Trail 39: Suffolk around Ipswich (Part 1).
RAF Gamston – Trail 54: The Great North Road.
RAF Glatton (Station 130) – Trail 6: American Ghosts.
RAF Gransden Lodge – Trail 31: Southern Cambridgeshire (Part 2).
RAF Graveley – Trail 29: Southern Cambridge (Part 1).
RAF Grafton Underwood (Station 106) – Trail 6: American Ghosts.
RAF Great Dunmow (Station 164)- Trail 33: Essex (Part 1).
RAF Great Massingham – Trail 21: North Norfolk (Part 2).
RAF Great Sampford (Station 359) – Trail 50: Haverhill’s neighbours – Wratting Common and Great Sampford.
RAF Hardwick (Station 104) – Trail 12: Southern Norfolk around Diss (Part 1).
RAF Hawkinge – Trail 18: Kent Part 2.
RAF Hethel – Trail 38: To the West of Norwich.
RFC Hingham – Trail 38: To the West of Norwich.
RAF Holme on Spalding Moor – Trail 40: Yorkshire (East Riding).
RAF Hunsdon – Trail 25: Hertfordshire.
RAF Kimbolton (Station 117) – Trail 6: American Ghosts.
RAF King’s Cliffe (Station 367) – Trail 6: American Ghosts.
RAF Langham – Trail 23: North Norfolk (Part 4).
RAF Lashenden (Headcorn) – Trail 18: Kent Part 2.
RAF Lavenham (Station 137) – Trail coming soon.
RAF Leeming – Trail 57: The Great North Road (Part 2)
RAF Leuchars – Trail 53: Scotland’s East Coast – Fife.
RAF Little Snoring – Trail 22: North Norfolk (Part 3).
RAF Little Walden – Trail 46: Essex Part 3.
RAF Ludham (Station 177) –Trail 58: East of Norwich
RAF Macmerry – Trail 51: Southern Scotland
RAF Marham – Trail 7: Northwest Norfolk.
RAF Martlesham Heath – Trail 48: Suffolk around Ipswich (Part 2).
RAF Matching (Station 166) – Trail 33: Essex Part 1.
RAF Matlaske (Station 178) – Trail 34: North Norfolk (Part 5).
RAF Mattishall – Trail 36: North Norfolk (Part 6).
RAF Mendlesham (Station 156) – Trail 15: Central Suffolk (Part 2).
RAF Mepal– Trail 11: Around Ely.
RAF Metheringham – Trail 1: Lower Lincolnshire.
RAF Methwold – Trail 8: Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 1).
RAF Milfield – Trail 47: Northumberland.
RAF Narborough (Narborough Aerodrome)- Trail 7: Northwest Norfolk.
RAF Newmarket Heath – Trail 55: Around Newmarket
RAF North Creake – Trail 23: North Norfolk (Part 4).
RAF North Pickenham (Station 143) – Trail 9: Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 2).
RAF North Weald – Trail 25: Hertfordshire.
RAF North Witham (Station 479) – Trail 3: Gone But Not Forgotten.
RAF Old Buckenham (Station 144) – Trail 13: Southern Norfolk around Diss (Part 2).
RAF Oulton – Trail 34: North Norfolk (Part 5).
RAF Polebrook (Station 110) – Trail 19: Northamptonshire American Ghosts II.
RAF Rackheath (Station 145) – Trail 58: East of Norwich.
RAF Rattlesden (Station 126) – Trail 15: (Central Suffolk (Part 2).
RAF Sawbridgeworth – Trail 25: Hertfordshire.
RAF Scampton – Trail 30: Scampton and the Heritage Centre.
RAF Scone – Trail 56: Perthshire.
RAF Sculthorpe – Trail 21: North Norfolk Part 2.
RAF Sedgeford – Trail 20: North Norfolk (Part 1).
RAF Shipdham (Station 115) – Trail 10: Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 3).
RAF Snailwell (Station 361) – Trail 55: Around Newmarket
RAF Snetterton Heath – (Station 138) – Trail 27: Southern Norfolk (Part 3).
RAF Spanhoe Lodge (Station 493) – Trail 6: American Ghosts.
RAF Steeple Morden – Trail 32: Southern Cambridgeshire (Part 3).
RAF Stoke Orchard – Trail 24: Gloucestershire.
RAF Stradishall- Trail 49: Bomber Command – Bury St. Edmunds to Haverhill
RAF Sutton Bridge – Trail 3: Gone But Not Forgotten.
RAF Swannington – Trail 36: North Norfolk (Part 6)
RAF Swanton Morley – Trail 38: To the West of Norwich.
RAF Thorpe Abbotts (Station 139) – Trail 12: Southern Norfolk around Diss (Part 1).
RAF Tibenham (Station 124) – Trail 13: Southern Norfolk around Diss (Part 2).
RAF Tuddenham – Trail 16: West Suffolk (Part 1).
RAF Tydd St. Mary – Trail 37: The Northern Reaches of Cambridgeshire.
RAF Upwood – Trail 17: The Pathfinders.
RAF Warboys – Trail 17: The Pathfinders.
RAF Waterbeach – Trail 11: Around Ely.
RAF Watton (Station 376/Station 505) – Trail 9: Swaffham & Her Neighbours (Part 2).
RAF Wendling (Station 118) – Trail 10: Swaffham and Her Neighbours (Part 3).
RAF West Malling – Trail 4: Kent Part 1.
RAF West Raynham – Trail 21: North Norfolk Part 2.
RAF Wethersfield – Trail 45: Essex (Part 2).
RAF Westley – Trail 16: West Suffolk (part 1).
RAF Winfield – Trail 41: The Borders of Scotland and England.
RAF Winthorpe – Trail 2: Lincoln Borders and Newark.
RAF Witchford – Trail 11: Around Ely.
RAF Wittering – Trail 37: The Northern Reaches of Cambridgeshire.
RAF Woodall Spa – Trail 1: Lower Lincolnshire.
RAF Wratting Common – Trail 50 – Haverhill’s neighbours – Wratting Common and Great Sampford.
Nah. I’d have loved them to have done it as a “proper” book but they are really into digital publishing now and as I am contracted to them with all such books as I may write of this genre, I sadly have very little say in the matter!
However, that does NOT stop me sharing “excerpts” with you! Clear your inbox,,,,,stuff coming in to land!
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Thanks Mitch, they’re arriving!
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Merely the prelude!
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Ha – I best get reading and sorting!
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Final batch now sent to you, due to insomnia! Enjoy!
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Just remember Andy; you asked for it!!
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Read the first parts, it’s absolutely fascinating and fantastic research on your part! The RAF have a lot to thank the boom of the 20s for! It was a real collection of nationalities there, all walks of life and backgrounds a shame it went the way it did. But that’s progress I guess!
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Glad you liked it Andy. That whole project was a thirty year labour of love!
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Good grief! That’s dedication, but the effort was well worth the time, it really is a brilliant piece of research Mitch! Please feel feee to add a link on here to the book in case anyone wishes to look further.
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Thank You Andy. So, if anyone IS interested, this is an E Book and it is available here:
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1940-The-Battles-to-Stop-Hitler-Kindle/p/11118
Just copy and paste the above line into your browser.
I personally do not make a penny out of my books as ALL my author’s royalties are donated to The Medway Queen Preservation Society. The publisher send the monies directly to the charity,
Many thanks again!
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Thanks Mitch, I hope readers will take advantage of this excellent book and read about another one of Britain’s vanished airfields.
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I note RAF Gravesend is missing! You been there at all? Nothing too recognisable left of it now but I do have a wealth of info and photos if you are interested.
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No I haven’t made it there yet. It’s one of those on my very long list, I tend to fit them in with holidays, family visits etc, Rochester & Detling are others in the area I’d like to do.
I would love to see what you have, that would be so kind of you, and add some great information to the blog. Can you scan them?
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Already have! They were intended for my book 1940: THE BATTLES TO STOP HITLER but the publisher decided to go text only on me! If you can let me have your email address, I will gladly send said stuff to you, but be warned; as I said to david Foxx at AIRSCAPE, I WILL fill your inbox!!!!
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Thank you very much, that’s no problem, beats all those ridiculous junk emails I get about weight loss and viagra! Best use andyplaing@aol.com.
You not trying the book route again then I take it, a shame to see all that effort wasted!
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