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nelly
21-04-2011, 11:33 PM
Thurleigh was built for RAF Bomber Command in 1941 by W & C French Ltd in 1941.

On 7th September 1942 the 306th Group started to arrive; with some of their B17s flying in the following week. From October 1942, the 306th Group mounted a long and arduous offensive suffering many losses.

The Group finally completed their long war on 19th April 1945 which was their 342nd mission; the second highest for any B17 Group.

During its time at Thurleigh over 9,600 sorties had been flown with the loss of 171 aircraft in action and over 22,500 tons of bombs were dropped.

In 1946 construction work began on the airfield to turn the site into what became know as the Royal Aeronautical Establishment, Bedford.

The airfield was finally closed in 1997.

This is the control tower

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Nicola
22-04-2011, 09:02 AM
How cool is that - I love all the little details :thumb

KingElvis
22-04-2011, 12:26 PM
Now that is thread of the month for me, fantastic.

I would KILL to see this one.

Bunkerkid
22-04-2011, 02:45 PM
That is brilliant mate, ive been to Thurleigh but only had a look at some of the buildings around the edges so good to see this, must return for a visit sometime :thumb

Lots left in it though which is great, very complete love the decay state of it all! Oh and the Thurleigh museum on the airfield itself is also worth a look when your around :thumb http://www.306bg.co.uk/

Krypton
22-04-2011, 03:24 PM
Looks fantastic i love all the equipment

Shadow_Ops
22-04-2011, 06:43 PM
this place has been talked about recently between me and another explorer... its jsut finding the time when we are both allowed out to play

BA
23-04-2011, 09:25 PM
Its nice in there!!
Love that there are so many little treasures left :thumb