grafton

So to begin with I started off my research by reading the report from @Imba. Which may I just say is a fabulous report and an amazing read, with some amazing pictures. I hope that with my report and the report from @Imba you can see a good contrast between day and night with the images I am...

The airfield at Grafton Underwood was opened in 1941 In the 1945 film The Way To The Stars, footage of B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 384th landing and taking off in April and May 1945 was filmed at RAF Grafton Underwood After being decommissioned the air field was used to house military...

This won't interest everyone but I hope someone enjoys it. The history The airfield was opened in 1941 and was first used by the RAF Bomber Command no. 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit with Consolidated Liberators. The original runways were approximately 1,600 yards and 1,100 yards in length...

This felt like a treasure hunt more than an explore, I had no idea of where anything was here so spent a good 3 1/2 hours just walking around the forest and surrounding areas. Found lot's air raid shelters (I believe they are called Stanton shelters?) probably 9 in total. On me todd this...

I have only see 1 report on this place going back a few years and they never covered 1 of the main buildings, Now most of the buildings have been destroyed or have fallen down and is in quite a bad state. The airfield opened up in 1941 housing many bomber groups from the RAF Bomber Command 1653...

Explored this site a couple of weeks ago. I know it has been covered many times so nothing here that won't have been seen before, but we had great fun exploring this place and plan to go back again soon as we know there is so much more to see - including the legendary Ops Room! :) First the...