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<blockquote data-quote="BikinGlynn" data-source="post: 369039" data-attributes="member: 34253"><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701320664_98732eb91b_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>RAF Docking was a satellite airfield for the RAF Coastal Command station at RAF Bircham Newton and was mostly used for overflow from there.</p><p>A grass airfield, with eight blister hangars and one A1 hangar, was laid out soon after the outbreak of war and the first squadron to operate from there was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._235_Squadron_RAF" target="_blank">No. 235 Squadron RAF</a> using Bristol Blenheims for convoy escort and anti-shipping operations in the North Sea. These were then replaced by the Lockheed Hudson.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701319674_e8e8f9f1fb_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Stumbled upon this one & I missed the control tower which looks like one of the best bits.</p><p>these are the buildings I did find.</p><p></p><p>Standby set house</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701320364_49786880df_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now used to store farm equipment</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701533210_4b22006214_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701533350_6e2dbde584_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Next was this decontamination building, now occupied by some scary pigeons</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51699849577_de4ce9beba_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Extraction system still in place here</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700643531_88cd4c171b_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700923268_5dc1203bf7_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701319149_5ea2690b44_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700923598_089846b607_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now again this houses some farm machinery</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700923488_ec43a523ff_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Finally I had a nosey round the many bunkers on this site</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51699850947_b6ac921222_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700645071_cf35e8a8ee_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700645016_bf10135021_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700644866_7af8925838_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Stumbled on some sort of snail orgy going on in here!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700924263_00678d1b60_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks For Looking</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BikinGlynn, post: 369039, member: 34253"] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701320664_98732eb91b_c.jpg[/img] RAF Docking was a satellite airfield for the RAF Coastal Command station at RAF Bircham Newton and was mostly used for overflow from there. A grass airfield, with eight blister hangars and one A1 hangar, was laid out soon after the outbreak of war and the first squadron to operate from there was [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._235_Squadron_RAF']No. 235 Squadron RAF[/URL] using Bristol Blenheims for convoy escort and anti-shipping operations in the North Sea. These were then replaced by the Lockheed Hudson. [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701319674_e8e8f9f1fb_c.jpg[/img] Stumbled upon this one & I missed the control tower which looks like one of the best bits. these are the buildings I did find. Standby set house [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701320364_49786880df_c.jpg[/img] Now used to store farm equipment [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701533210_4b22006214_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701533350_6e2dbde584_c.jpg[/img] Next was this decontamination building, now occupied by some scary pigeons [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51699849577_de4ce9beba_c.jpg[/img] Extraction system still in place here [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700643531_88cd4c171b_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700923268_5dc1203bf7_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51701319149_5ea2690b44_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700923598_089846b607_c.jpg[/img] Now again this houses some farm machinery [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700923488_ec43a523ff_c.jpg[/img] Finally I had a nosey round the many bunkers on this site [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51699850947_b6ac921222_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700645071_cf35e8a8ee_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700645016_bf10135021_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700644866_7af8925838_c.jpg[/img] Stumbled on some sort of snail orgy going on in here! [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51700924263_00678d1b60_c.jpg[/img] Thanks For Looking [/QUOTE]
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