10-24-2009, 07:28 AM
Once again 11/11 approaches. As always I will be travelling six miles to the now disused (since 1952) RAF Blakehill Farm. This airfield was built in 1944 in preparation for Operation Overlord and it is hard to believe now that the empty farmland and country park once contained over 500 structures (US Engineers?)
Here were based US, Canadian and RAF personnel operating Dakota aircraft and Waco/Hadrian gliders.
The first two pictures show a returning casevac Dakota and the RAF nurses that flew in it. The third picture shows one of the casualty wards as it is today 65 years after being built and the final picture shows an RAF 233 Sqn Dak flying from Blakehill Farm.
Colin.
