The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Welcome to AiX Baz

Welcome to AiX Baz,

Airfield construction? You need to get the book 'The RAF Builds for War' ISBN 0-11-772469-6 published by HMSO. Sub-titled 'A History of Design and Construction in the RAF 1935 - 1945. This will give you much information on the whys and wherefores.

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Hi baz, welcome to the forum. As I mentioned to someone else [last year??] there is an interesting book about the wartime airfields from the first land purchase through the building and construction upto the post war run down. This book is called; Airfield Heyday by Paul Berry. ISBN 0 9515257 0 0 First published 1989 by Paul Berry 11 Hayfield road, North Wootton King's Lynn PE30 3RR. Hope that this is of some help for you. It's a very good read, soft-back 96 pages.

PNK;75377 wrote:

Welcome Baz. Have you got any specifics? There are a few books and of course the RAF Museum who hold a lot of plans.

HI,
Ty for the quick reply, I am interested in all aspects of the old a/f, but i am more interested in the standby sets and power houses, the lighting systems and standby power supply, abt 5/6 yrs back I went to RAF Fininngley to collect an old standby generator, the engine was so big , it had to be split from the dynamo, so it could be loaded onto my low loader.then we loded on the dynamo, i forget the weight now but it was very impresive, thats what has made me more interested in this field, and also my dad was in B/C in ww11, every time i go to locations where there r old A/F, i go take a look at them, never thought to take pic's, but will from now on. i usually go into the local churches to look for graves of dead airmen, quite a few in the small church on the hill at Holm upon Spalding Moore,

cbrjock;75413 wrote:

Welcome to AiX Baz

Hi,
Ty for the welcome, hope i can be of help to this site one day cheers.

Hello, I have been interested in aircraft and airfields since I can remember and have spent a fair amount of time trying to piece together information on Friston. My father served there during WW II and pointed out the buildings that still existed when passing enroute to Beachy Head or Cuckmere Haven. Unfortunately my interest didn't extend to asking my old man the questions that I would like to have answers to until it was too late. All I know is that he was young, ground personnel and used to sit on the wing during parking. He also mentioned the lame ducks and those that found the cliff face rather than the airfield. I have lived near Gatwick all my life and have flown from Redhill and Shoreham but only found out today that Horne was an ALG and I have driven across it many times! Thanks to everyone for a very informative site. Graham

Welcome to AIX graham.

I live in Leiston and regularly watch the Mustangs swoop and dive over the old airfield. I also get the priviledge to watch Carolyn Grace burble by in ML407.
I've always been into aircraft and the concrete memorials left behind from WW2, especially living so near to several of them.
I'm also into Land Rovers and edit the Suffolk Land Rover Owners Club monthly magazine, and coordinate several of our shows including the ones held at Rougham Airfield where we have offroad courses to give rides to the public in return for a donation to local causes.