Visiting UK WWII Airfields?

[Zachary]

Does anyone have a list of surviving WWII airfields in the UK that have museums that are open to the public? Besides Duxford as an obvious choice, I am specifically interested in other fields that might have surviving control tower remnants, quonset huts, etc. that one can visit.

There is a chance I will be visiting the UK for a week in December and staying in the Haverhill area northeast of London.

Thanks for any info!

Zack

[lestweforget]

How about Bassingbourn where the Belle flew from. http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/index.htm

Also, this site may be of some help to you. I find it terrible that so many towers and buildings are derelict and are even now being demolished. Still, a fair few remain. Hope you enjoy your trip. http://www.controltowers.co.uk/

[Chief]

Zack,
I helped give an aviation fire safety seminar a few years ago at RAF Morton-in-Marsh. It's located in the "Cotswolds", just west of Oxford. One of the best parts of England I ever visited. It was a Wellington Bomber base. Now it is home to the Fire Service College. They train airport/aircraft crash rescue people from all over the world. They have an aviation fire museum and all kinds of mock ups of aircraft they use in training. Even a 747.
John

[RAMC181]

Does anyone have a list of surviving WWII airfields in the UK that have museums that are open to the public? Besides Duxford as an obvious choice, I am specifically interested in other fields that might have surviving control tower remnants, quonset huts, etc. that one can visit.

There is a chance I will be visiting the UK for a week in December and staying in the Haverhill area northeast of London.

Thanks for any info!

Zack

Hi Zack,

If you're staying in Haverhill you have many, many WWII airfields close by, some of which have museums on site too.

Duxford is 13 miles away, Bassingbourn is 20 miles away, and Rougham/Bury St Edmunds is 18 miles away, all of which have museums on site.
There's also Fowlmere (339FG, 16 miles), Debden (4FG, 8 miles) Ridgewell (381BG, 6 miles), Lavenham (487BG, 15 miles), Rattlesden (322 and 447BGs, 19 miles) and many more which have partial public access and varying degrees of surviving buildings.

There is at least one USAAF enthusiast living in Haverhill who would probably help you out too.

Hope that helps,
Paul

[Zachary]

Fantastic! Thanks for the great info everyone.

Zack