Visited with my ever faithful daughter, made for an interesting explore until a roar of tyres and diesel and a security guard roared into view and asked us to leave, he asked for our names and address but then realised he didn't have a pen or paper !! luckily he turned out to be a good guy and we left the way we came in which was lucky as if he had taken us back to the main gate it would have been one hell of a walk back to the car !!
A quick history:
RAF Thurleigh was a Royal Air Force station located five miles north of Bedford, England. Thurleigh was transferred to the U.S. Eighth Air Force on 9 December 1942, designated Station 111[1], and used for heavy bomber operations against Nazi Germany.
Starting in 1946, construction work began on the airfield to turn the site into what became known as the Royal Aeronautical Establishment, Bedford The airfield was decommissioned in February 1994.
With the end of military control, the airfield has been divided into two parts. The southern part is now known as Thurleigh Business Park, and includes the runway, which is currently used for the mass storage of new cars, although it remains intact for possible future use. The northern part houses the Bedford Autodrome, as well as Thurleigh Museum which is dedicated primarily to the airfield and life in the area during World War 2.
Thanks for looking
A quick history:
RAF Thurleigh was a Royal Air Force station located five miles north of Bedford, England. Thurleigh was transferred to the U.S. Eighth Air Force on 9 December 1942, designated Station 111[1], and used for heavy bomber operations against Nazi Germany.
Starting in 1946, construction work began on the airfield to turn the site into what became known as the Royal Aeronautical Establishment, Bedford The airfield was decommissioned in February 1994.
With the end of military control, the airfield has been divided into two parts. The southern part is now known as Thurleigh Business Park, and includes the runway, which is currently used for the mass storage of new cars, although it remains intact for possible future use. The northern part houses the Bedford Autodrome, as well as Thurleigh Museum which is dedicated primarily to the airfield and life in the area during World War 2.
Thanks for looking
