Sabrejet Posted October 30, 2013 Share #1 Posted October 30, 2013 I thought this well designed website would be of interest to the WW2 USAAF buffs out there? http://www.controltowers.co.uk/Site%20Map.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted October 30, 2013 Share #2 Posted October 30, 2013 Yes! I am very interested! I know what I will be doing all night now... Thanks for sharing - Cant wait to go to England one day and check some of this stuff out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted October 30, 2013 Some of the surviving control towers house museums to the BGs and Squadrons which were once based there. They are usually manned and maintained by dedicated volunteers. The control tower at Duxford still actually functions as a control tower today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted October 30, 2013 Share #4 Posted October 30, 2013 Yes! I am very interested! I know what I will be doing all night now... Thanks for sharing - Cant wait to go to England one day and check some of this stuff out. Let us know Dan when you are coming over !!! so Sabrejet and myself can be out that day !! seriously Dan just let me know when you are coming over we could have a blast looking around them all !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted October 30, 2013 There speaks a Lincolnshire lad, born and raised in "bomber country"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted October 30, 2013 Share #6 Posted October 30, 2013 Ian, Very cool website. A WWII vet in my church was stationed in Framlingham. I just looked up the control tower. I will have to tell him about this website. ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted October 30, 2013 Glad you like it Kat. I stumbled upon it whilst looking for something else and thought it was worth a heads-up for the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ashooter Posted October 30, 2013 Share #8 Posted October 30, 2013 Thank you sir. I enjoyed looking at the towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted October 30, 2013 Share #9 Posted October 30, 2013 There speaks a Lincolnshire lad, born and raised in "bomber country"! Actually Ian !!! i was born in Suffolk and raised in Lincolnshire ( RAF Bomber county) Scampton was about a 40 min drive away and the Petwood hotel which was the officers mess for the 617 "Dam busters" was about 30 mins away There have been many a strange sightings and hearings in the sky at night in Lincolnshire , since the war finished !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted October 31, 2013 Share #10 Posted October 31, 2013 My friend came REALLY close to closing a deal to buy Bodney's control tower and convert it to a house after I showed it to him to show him the possibilities. Unfortunately, the farming group almost doubled the price at the last minute before closing and nixed the entire deal. The building still sits there an empty shell. Real unfortunate. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted October 31, 2013 Share #11 Posted October 31, 2013 Little Walden control tower is up for sale...wartime home of the 409th and 493rd BG and also the 361st FG.. regards Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted October 31, 2013 Share #12 Posted October 31, 2013 +1 on the thanks for sharing, just spent an hour visiting many of these fields. Great site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted November 1, 2013 Share #13 Posted November 1, 2013 Very cool site Ian. Thanks for the link! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted November 1, 2013 Share #14 Posted November 1, 2013 Try and find any of these in the States !! And as for converting Bodneys control tower into a house !!!! sacraledge !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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