Nick Johns Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) Amazing find, the Control Tower from Tarrant Rushton WW2 D Day airfield found recently in a Dorset scrapyard, it will be on display at the Great Dorset steam fair, August Bank holiday : UPDATE... Alas the rescued Glass Visual control room is not from the WW2 period, but apparently was a Post War addition, possibly from 1951, see pic in link below, http://www.controltowers.co.uk/T-V/Tarrant_Rushton.htm Edited August 16, 2019 by Nick Johns 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higginsboat Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon king Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 That Visual Control Room is a post war addition to the tower. The original VCR would have been a square glass box like that at East Kirkby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higginsboat Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Hi, interesting, so you are saying the tower shown has no WW2 connection. would you have a picture of the tower you mentioned at East Kirkby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon king Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 See controltowers.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) Simon King is correct, alas the rescued glass Visual Control room is listed as a Post War addition, possibly from 1951 http://www.controltowers.co.uk/T-V/Tarrant_Rushton.htm Edited August 16, 2019 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I know this airfield well. I used to the work the woodlands attached to it that was used as the ammunition and bomb 'storage'. I will post the pictures. RAF Tarrant Rushton was all known as Station X and it also dropped SOE agents into France in Westland Lysanders. Churchill and Ike also visited this base. And many a stricken bomber would 'land' here on the way back from missions from Germany. But yes, Major Howard and his men who took Pegasus Bridge left from here and 'started' D-Day (just don't tell Hollywood that....). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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