The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Welcome Patrick.

Lambourn Downs was one area reviewed in the 1930's for a potential bombing range for the local bombing squadrons. Ot Moor won the day though. Later Odstone Down range was laid out and this was closed in the during 1951 being cleared in 1953. It was used by Bomber Command OTU's and then by the Ministry of Supply for for testing purposes. Lambourn Downs came into use as an air to ground firing range and was used by RAF and USAAF fighters. At the end of the war it was handed over to the Fleet Air Arm but little use, if any was made of it at that stage. Lambourn Downs was closed in the Autumn of 1945. The exact location of targets is not known. At nearby Uffington the USAAF tried to bring another air to ground firing range into use by trying to get local landowners to sign agreements with the USAAF. Once the Air Ministry got wind of this they stopped it as it didn't follow the recognised procedures which to the American units meant months of delay and pointless paperwork and more importantly no range.
As far as I know (the records annoyingly stop) the Uffington range didn't go ahead.

I will move or copy this post to the ranges thread at some point