2018

TL5359 : Towards Cambridge from Little Wilbraham Road

taken 5 years ago, near to Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, England

Towards Cambridge from Little Wilbraham Road
Towards Cambridge from Little Wilbraham Road
The trees mark the line of part of the main runway of Bottisham Airfield (1940-6), which at first had a grass runway. According to the American Air Museum in Britain website “The P-47 Thunderbolts of the 361st Fighter Group damaged the surfaces of the airfield so much in the first months of flying from Bottisham that American engineers were called in to lay a new runway. In January 1944 they constructed a 1,470-yard-long runway with pierced-steel planking in just three days”.

These images may be of interest: TL5458 : Little Wilbraham: a farm track with a history, TL5460 : Restored buildings at Bottisham Airfield Museum and TL5460 : The Stars and Stripes at Bottisham Airfield Museum.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Woodland, Forest Air, Sky, Weather Place: Cambridgeshire Season: Winter other tags: RAF Bottisham Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TL5359, 30 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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John Sutton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 2 December, 2018   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 2 December, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 5366 5945 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:12.7108N 0:14.8549E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 5388 5945
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