Rick W Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Check out http://www.secretbases.co.uk Something to while away your hours, especially you PW people..... 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 One hell of site - those Thor missile launch pads at Polebrook look interesting - wasn't Polebrook 8th Air Force?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 That question would have to be answered with more kmowledge than my feeble mind! Even my other half was interested in this site, but ojnly because it shows where Emmerdale is filmed :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest matt Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Jack,Polebrook was indeed Eighth Air Force,home to the 351st Bomb Group,1st Air Division with B-17's. The four squadrons were the 508th,509th,510th and 511th. The airfield is now mostly owned by Lady Miriam Rothschild,with the hanger belonging to David Gower's company Airfield Warehousing(no not THE David Gower :roll:). I wrote to Lady Rothschild several years ago and she gave me permission to look at the surviving WW2 buildings on the estate,unfortunatly most are in poor condition including the one containing the mural of a 40's jive band. One of the worst air crashes of WW2 in Wales happened a couple of miles from me,a 509th BS-351st BG B-17G from Polebrook hit a mountain in poor weather killing all twenty on board. They were on their way home to the States exactly a month after the war ended. Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopshed Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Nice site. Just the job for a quiet afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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