RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire Part 2

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RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2

Part 2 The main airfield site and bomb store.

RAF Finmere Part 1

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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Plan of area covered in Part 2.

Plan

No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit. There were 13 Repair & Salvage units assigned to the 2nd Tactical Air Force. Each unit had a specific type or types of aircraft it handled. I believe they recovered everything possible up to a point where it was deemed of little or no value.
No. 421 Repair & Salvage Unit. There were 13 Repair & Salvage units assigned to the 2nd Tactical Air Force. Each unit had a specific type or types of aircraft it handled. I believe they recovered everything possible up to a point where it was deemed of little or no value.
No. 1473 (Special Duties) Flight RAF. Flying operations monitoring VHF signals from Germany.
No. 1473 (Special Duties) Flight RAF. Flying operations monitoring VHF signals from Germany.
No. 1655 Mosquito Training Unit RAF. To train pilots converting from older or different types.
No. 1655 Mosquito Training Unit RAF. To train pilots converting from older or different types.
No. 14 Personnel Transit Centre. Look up AIR 29/482 No. 14 Personnel Transit Centre, 2nd T.A.F. 1944 Feb.-1945 Oct.
No. 14 Personnel Transit Centre. Look up AIR 29/482 No. 14 Personnel Transit Centre, 2nd T.A.F. 1944 Feb.-1945 Oct.
RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire Part 2

Air photo dated 01 July 1942 with the runways, no aircraft dispersals, some of the communal sites and the T2 hangar built. Still a lot of work to do to bring it to completion.

Air 14/3563

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
The main entrance gate, a typical military gate of the period.

25 April 2010

Plan.
Plan.

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
On the right would have been the guard room and fire party.

25 April 2010

Plan.
Plan.
Crew.
Crew.
How it may have looked..
How it may have looked..

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RAF Finmere Part 2
Vehicle wash down & servicing ramp.

25 April 2010

Plan.
Plan.
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Vehicle wash down & servicing ramp

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Hut base now nestling in the trees.

25 April 2010

Plan.
Plan.
Nissen hut.
Nissen hut.
Temporary brick hut type 9023/41.
Temporary brick hut type 9023/41.

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Stanton air raid shelter.

25 April 2010

Green on the plan.
Green on the plan.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
Latrine block unknown type.

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9026/41 latrine.
9026/41 latrine.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
Latrine block.

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Tarrant Rushton.
Tarrant Rushton.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
The roadway to the control tower.

03 March 2013

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Watch Office for Bomber Stations and OTU's 13726/41, small front windows to 15683/41.

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15683/41 plan ground floor.
15683/41 plan ground floor.
15683/41 plan first floor.
15683/41 plan first floor.
15684/41 elevation.
15684/41 elevation.

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Watch Office for Bomber Stations and OTU's 13726/41, small front windows to 15683/41.

03 March 2013

details
details
details
details
Met office.
Met office.

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Watch Office for Bomber Stations and OTU's 13726/41, small front windows to 15683/41.

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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Watch Office for Bomber Stations and OTU's 13726/41, small front windows to 15683/41. Stairs to upper floor.

Dave Reed

Code room.
Code room.

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Watch Office for Bomber Stations and OTU's 13726/41, small front windows to 15683/41.

Dave Reed

Weather balloon.
Weather balloon.
RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Runways 50yds wide. x 2043, 1535 & 1400yds. 27 aircraft dispersals.

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Blenheim.
Blenheim.
Blenheim.
Blenheim.
Blenheim.
Blenheim.

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Mosquito.
Mosquito.
Mosquito.
Mosquito.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
The road from the control tower.

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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Water stopcock.

03 March 2013

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
MG range 25yd 2904/36 & 13292/39. Machine gun/rifle range.

03 March 2013

Plan
Plan
Plan.
Plan.
303 ammunition.
303 ammunition.
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RAF Finmere Part 2
MG range 25yd 2904/36 & 13292/39.

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How it may have looked.
How it may have looked.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
MG range 25yd 2904/36 & 13292/39.

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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
MG range 25yd 2904/36 & 13292/39.

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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
MG range 25yd 2904/36 & 13292/39. There were two rooms either end, one for making targets and the other for the men running the butt.

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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
MG range 25yd 2904/36 & 13292/39. The wall of the butt. Front of wall and still has some sand in place.

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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
M&E (Mechanical & electrical) plinth.

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Plan of this M&E plinth.
Plan of this M&E plinth.
Plan of the electrical cabling.
Plan of the electrical cabling.
Armoured electrical cable..
Armoured electrical cable..
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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
M&E (Mechanical & electrical) plinth. Very few have anything inside, this one has a wall around it, a fence inside and inside again the M&E equipment.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
32 man blast shelter.

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Blast plan 2360/41.
Blast plan 2360/41.
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Tornado fuel tank. This is or was a paint ball range. This was one of items laid out around the area, from old cars to a funny looking tank.

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Tornado.
Tornado.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
I think this area may have been a small sewage system.

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Plan.
Plan.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
Another 32 man blast shelter.

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Blast plan 2360/41.
Blast plan 2360/41.
An entrance.
An entrance.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
B1 MAP (Ministry of Aircraft Production) repair hangar. B1 MAP hangars were built to help out the RAF to repair battle damaged aircraft. It allowed RAF ground crew to concentrate on aircraft servicing.

03 March 2013

details
details
Civilian workers.
Civilian workers.
Civilian workers.
Civilian workers.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
B1 MAP repair hangar.

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B1 front with fully opening doors.
B1 front with fully opening doors.
Cross section of the span.
Cross section of the span.
Inside a B1 hangar.
Inside a B1 hangar.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
A full 'A' class bomb store. Although this was just an Operational Conversion Unit, not a front line heavy bomber station, it still had one installed. This gave the RAF great flexibility.

Plan

9416/40.
9416/40.
3164/42 bomb store.
3164/42 bomb store.
Bomb store handling.
Bomb store handling.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
Incendiary bomb stores (4734/42 possibly).

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Plan.
Plan.
The huts with a blast earth bank traverse between them. The would hold 4lb incendiary bombs.
The huts with a blast earth bank traverse between them. The would hold 4lb incendiary bombs.
Boxes of incendiary's.
Boxes of incendiary's.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
Fuzing point 1 on the plan.

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Fuzing point (1&2).
Fuzing point (1&2).
Fuzing.
Fuzing.
Plan.
Plan.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
A drive through fuzing point 2 on plan.

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Fuzing point (1&2).
Fuzing point (1&2).
Plan.
Plan.
Fuzing point drive through.
Fuzing point drive through.
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RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Bomb store roadway. Parts of the bomb store with the road now overgrown.

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Plan.
Plan.
Green the footpaths.\ Yellow the bomb store roadways.
Green the footpaths.\ Yellow the bomb store roadways.
Bomb fuzes.
Bomb fuzes.

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RAF Finmere Part 2
Perimeter track It would have been 50ft wide originally. Enough for a large four engined bomber to lumber down.

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The two fuzing points that are left.
The two fuzing points that are left.
Halifax's taxiing along a perimeter track.
Halifax's taxiing along a perimeter track.

RAF Finmere Part 2

RAF Finmere Part 2
Medieval field systems. If you look carefully at the ridge & furrow as they curve. The reason is to do with the ox plough seemed to pull one way?

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Ridge & furrow.
Ridge & furrow.
Anglo Saxons Ploughing.
Anglo Saxons Ploughing.