tigger2
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I don't know much about the airfield history except that it started out as WWI naval landing site called Wellingore Heath. Re-opened in 1935 it was used by the RAF as a relief landing groud (RLG) for RAF Cranwell and then as a satelite airfield under the control of RAF Digby. My visit was to re-photograph the battle headquarters as I was passing nearby.
For pillbox lovers there are quite a few, four of which I'll include here (all were recorded for the DoB project).There are also a couple of fighter pens with loopholed defence walls but my day was too full to take time out for those.
The reason for my visit:
DoB: S0005299
DoB: S0005300
DoB: S0005302
Looking across to one of the fighter pens with another pillbox in front of it to the left and a loopholed wall in front right
appologies for the spots on a couple of photos....the sun was interupted by a driving hail storm.
More photos at: http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p267/trunktemp/wellingore/
For pillbox lovers there are quite a few, four of which I'll include here (all were recorded for the DoB project).There are also a couple of fighter pens with loopholed defence walls but my day was too full to take time out for those.
The reason for my visit:
DoB: S0005299
DoB: S0005300
DoB: S0005302
Looking across to one of the fighter pens with another pillbox in front of it to the left and a loopholed wall in front right
appologies for the spots on a couple of photos....the sun was interupted by a driving hail storm.
More photos at: http://s130.photobucket.com/albums/p267/trunktemp/wellingore/