18: An RAF Airfield
Claiming 3 points please
RAF Bottesford
9th August at 11:55am
Take Off Location: 52.973389, -0.768105
RAF Bottesford is a former Royal Air Force station located on the Leicestershire-Lincolnshire county border.
Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). During the war it was used primarily as a troop carrier airfield for paratroopers and as a bomber airfield before closing in 1948.
Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property with the technical site being used as an industrial estate.
Today, the technical site buildings are operated as an industrial facility. Runways, all of which still exist with just a small amount of concrete (mostly dispersal loops) being removed for hardcore.
The perimeter track and two T-2 hangars still exist, being used for unknown purposes. The former airfield control tower has been restored and is now used as offices.
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/B/Bottesford.htm
