Hey All
I am having a hard time researching some Airfields of WWII that were used by US Fighter Groups mostly Duxford, and Fowlmere, I am looking to see how the runways and fighter lines were set up on some fields. such as a taxi line the turns onto active and such, I saw one that I couldnt tell if the Taxiway was grass and the active the PSP stuff or vice versa or were they all grass and how was the active different than the taxiway.
Thunder
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WWII Gurus I need some help..
Thundergrunt
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Posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 10:36 AM UTC
EdgarBrooks
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Posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 11:03 AM UTC
There's a book "Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now," by Roger Freeman, which might help. Amazon have a copy for around £25.
Edgar
Edgar
Posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 11:07 AM UTC
I can recommend the "Mighty Eighth War Manual" by Roger Freeman.
It has layouts for all the 8th airfields in there.
Fowmere was a grass field with steel track runways and steel mat standings.
Duxford was initaily grass but had a steel track runway installed in the later part of 1944.
The well known photos of the 78th FG P-47s lined up at Bassingbourn were taken when they were temporarily based there while the track runway was installed.
Hope this helps,
Nige
It has layouts for all the 8th airfields in there.
Fowmere was a grass field with steel track runways and steel mat standings.
Duxford was initaily grass but had a steel track runway installed in the later part of 1944.
The well known photos of the 78th FG P-47s lined up at Bassingbourn were taken when they were temporarily based there while the track runway was installed.
Hope this helps,
Nige