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Been covered a fair bit but its nice & local this one, used to bike through here when I was a kid, but had no real idea of the history or how much was there.
Stole from the interweb..
RAF Kingscliffe is situated 12 miles west of Peterborough in Northamptonshire. Construction work on King's Cliffe commenced in 1940 and the base opened in October 1941.
King's Cliffe was utilized as a satellite to Wittering and the first R.A.F. squadron, 133 Fighter Squadron moved in with Spitfire Vb's on September 29th 1941. This unit was the third "Eagle Squadron" formed in the Fighter Command from American volunteers. 266 (Rhodesian) Squadron arrived in October 1941. The base was also home to 485 (New Zealand) Squadron and later 93 Squadron.
Kingscliffe became USAAF Station 367 in January 1943, it was home to the 20th Fighter Group of the USAAF 8th Airforce who flew P38 Lightnings and later P51 Mustangs on bomber escort duties.
The Airfield closed in 1959.
Interesting sign given that there is a bridleway running through it
PB300011 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
PB300016 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
PB300034 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
A shadow of the past?
PB300042 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
PB300030 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
PB300054 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
PB300045 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
PB300048 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
Once again very conspicuous!
PB300027 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
Stole from the interweb..
RAF Kingscliffe is situated 12 miles west of Peterborough in Northamptonshire. Construction work on King's Cliffe commenced in 1940 and the base opened in October 1941.
King's Cliffe was utilized as a satellite to Wittering and the first R.A.F. squadron, 133 Fighter Squadron moved in with Spitfire Vb's on September 29th 1941. This unit was the third "Eagle Squadron" formed in the Fighter Command from American volunteers. 266 (Rhodesian) Squadron arrived in October 1941. The base was also home to 485 (New Zealand) Squadron and later 93 Squadron.
Kingscliffe became USAAF Station 367 in January 1943, it was home to the 20th Fighter Group of the USAAF 8th Airforce who flew P38 Lightnings and later P51 Mustangs on bomber escort duties.
The Airfield closed in 1959.
Interesting sign given that there is a bridleway running through it
PB300011 by bikinglynn, on FlickrPB300016 by bikinglynn, on FlickrPB300034 by bikinglynn, on FlickrA shadow of the past?
PB300042 by bikinglynn, on FlickrPB300030 by bikinglynn, on FlickrPB300054 by bikinglynn, on FlickrPB300045 by bikinglynn, on FlickrPB300048 by bikinglynn, on FlickrOnce again very conspicuous!
PB300027 by bikinglynn, on Flickr
Big up the Nerf gun! Used to love those!!! 
