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Gangeox
07-03-2009, 09:26 PM
Visited very recently ;) with Neosea, good explore first one of three sites!

RAF Swinderby was a Royal Air Force Bomber Command airfield opened in 1940,one of the last of the stations completed under the RAF's expansion plans started in the 1930s.

Under the command of Number 1 Group, Swinderby came under the auspices of RAF Bomber Command and housed numbers 300 and 301 squadrons, mainly Polish manned initially flying the Fairey Battle. Later squadrons would use such diverse aircraft as the Handley Page Hampden, the Vickers Wellington, Avro Manchester and finally Avro Lancasters.

In 1964, Swinderby changed its role to that of recruit training, responsible for the basic training of all enlisted RAF personnel prior to their trade training.

In 1995 the station was put up for sale to commercial development and the airfield plays host to semi-regular events including antique fairs.

Many buildings, hangars and the air traffic control tower remain in evidence along with acres of concrete runways and taxiways.

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BB
07-03-2009, 09:29 PM
Cool stuff there. interesting place :thumb

boxfrenzy
07-03-2009, 09:41 PM
That looks a great place to visit. Were there any controls in the control tower?

Neosea
07-03-2009, 09:45 PM
Cool photos Gangeox, will sort my photos out later:elvis

Gangeox
07-03-2009, 09:50 PM
Thanks for the comments, plenty to see.


That looks a great place to visit. Were there any controls in the control tower?

Afraid not all cleaned out. :(

oneandsix
07-03-2009, 10:07 PM
nicely done there,looks in very good condition,thanks for posting

ERNIE99_UK
07-03-2009, 11:18 PM
Thats a nice intact raf station by the looks of it. Bet it was busy in ww2.

KingElvis
08-03-2009, 08:41 AM
Another cool abandoned RAF base, I like the control tower lots.

Great stuff.

wolfism
08-03-2009, 10:22 PM
That looks well worth seeing … AFAIK, a lot of post-war basic training was done at Swinderby, so thousand of aircrew must have been through its portals …

sqwasher
09-03-2009, 08:59 AM
Blimey lots of buildings etc left...good report & pics! :thumb

simonix
09-03-2009, 10:52 AM
Wow! right up my street, great post looks like a day out for the Norfolk duo.
Tower looks awsome any controls left? :thumb

Gangeox
09-03-2009, 11:05 AM
Wow! right up my street, great post looks like a day out for the Norfolk duo.
Tower looks awsome any controls left? :thumb

Sorry no controls left :(

simonix
09-03-2009, 03:40 PM
Battle headquarters is awsome as well, we have only found one other, the condition wasnt too good, whats that one like? :)

Gangeox
09-03-2009, 08:16 PM
Battle headquarters is awsome as well, we have only found one other, the condition wasnt too good, whats that one like? :)

First one i've been in to be honest, but looked quite tidy very dry, no water or fires. :thumb

if your up for a visit pm me first for a bit of info ;)

chase779
10-03-2009, 10:25 AM
Think there is a cinema at this place?

Seen afew reports about

Gangeox
10-03-2009, 10:58 AM
Think there is a cinema at this place?

Seen afew reports about

Yeah, your right there is a cinema, we missed it this time :( i think its well sealed up though but not sure.

Neosea
16-04-2009, 09:35 PM
Finally got round to sorting these out.

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History and more images here (http://www.neolithicsea.co.uk/rafswinderby.html)