WWII airfield buildings nr Whitchurch Shropshire. pic heavy!

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Some images of an airfield used during WWII (which is now used for skydiving) dont know much about the place but I encountered dog walkers and paintballers quite regularly strolling past the buildings.


anyhow onwards.

the inside of a large concrete bunker with several rooms and me with no torch this visit

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The exit of the bunker

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A delightful little room in a garage type building, the only real chav damage in the place

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this looked like an old set of offices, but it was hard to be sure

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I did a little dance when I found this heap, bonus points to whoever can identify it.

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Some sort of bunker all covered in earth.

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I also took a model out here at a later date with me, I did come away with some interesting shot which give a better view of the site, I also had a torch and flashgun.

inside one of the office buildings

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a creepy shot from inside a shelter

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I think this is an old telephone exchange

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and my fave shot of the day, also from the shelter

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Great pics, P-C!
Love old airfields, that 'Dead End' pic of yours is a Stanton shelter, used for air raid protection.
really like the old car pic :)
 
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Hi Priate_cat great find and the pictures are fantastic.
OK do a little digging for you, if the airfield is about 3miles SSE of Whitchurch then it was RAF TILSTOCK
Run by fighter command between 1942 and 1946.
It had 3 runways all concrete numbered 062,122,181 there were 4 T2 hangers on site and 30 concrete hard standings.
RAF personal numbered 1951 with 422 WAAF's based there.
Picture number 6 is a Stanton air raid shelter it has either 1 or 2 entrances made of pre fab sections bolted together.
Picture 10 is indeed a telephone rack.

Cheers Newage
 
Nice pictures, the car may be a Jaguar from the 60's but not 100% sure it's hard to tell from the angle it taken from.
 

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