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A trip round some of the Fields of the Mighty Eighth

July 21^st 2001

Richard McLachlan

Adrian Barker

In Robinson R22 helicopter G CHIS

Welcome.

In July 2001, we made a flying trip round as many of the old wartime US 8^th AF bases in East Anglia as we could visit in a single day. Most of them have now returned to agriculture, some are thriving airports and others still retain a small flying connection. Most of the runways have now crumbled into oblivion, so we made this trip by helicopter so that we could get round as many of them as possible. At many, we were probably the first flying machine to land there for 20 or more years. We took as many photographs as we could, and they are reproduced here for your interest. Please do feel free to copy them as you wish. To speed the download process, they have been compressed to file sizes of around 50k each. The original photos from the digital camera are larger at approx 250k each, and consequently have a slightly better resolution. If anybody has a specific requirement for one of these, please do e mail me and I can e mail the original picture direct to you. The names of the pictures should be self explanatory, generally there are a couple of approach shots and at least one on the ground at each site.

We were unfortunately unable to visit some sites due to the Foot and Mouth disease epidemic that was raging in the UK at the time, so we apologise if we did not get to the one that you are specifically interested in.

We would like to dedicate this trip and these pictures to the brave young men that flew from these sites never to return.

Richard McLachlan

If you would like to read the full narrative of the trip, just click here

To see the pictures, just click on the following links..

Attlebridge1.jpg Attlebridge2.jpg Attlebridge3.jpg

Bassingbourn1.jpg

Bottisham1.jpg Bottisham2.jpg Bottisham3.jpg

Boxted1.jpg Boxted2.jpg Boxted3.jpg

Bungay1.jpg Bungay2.jpg Bungay3.jpg Bungay4.jpg

Debach1.jpg Debach2.jpg Debach3.jpg

Deenethorpe1.jpg Deenethorpe2.jpg

Deopham Gn1.jpg Deopham Gn2.jpg Deopham Gn3.jpg Deopham Gn4.jpg