Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
Bassingbourn
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27 March 1938
29 August 1969 Ministry of Defence N/A N/A e00893 17 November 2024 121 N/A |
AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of Bassingbourn Airfield
AIRFIELD SITE : Airfield Views
AIRFIELD SITE : Gymnasium & Chancel
AIRFIELD SITE : Hardstand No.9
It is understood that Hardstand No.9, one of the few remaining hardstands at Bassingbourn, was the one that the B-17 'Memphis Belle' parked on when it was based at here. The crew of this particular aircraft were one of the first to have completed 25 missions during the war, they later became the subject of a Hollywood film.
AIRFIELD SITE : North Gate
AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways
AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown
AIRFIELD SITE : Warning Sign
AIRFIELD SITE : Wimpole Hall Aircraft Dispersal Area
BUILDING 1 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed
BUILDING 2 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed
BUILDING 3 : Petrol Tanker Shed (6 Bay)
BUILDING 7 : Parachute Store
BUILDING 8 : Main Workshops
BUILDING 9 : Ready Use Pyrotechnic Store
BUILDING 10 : Armoury
BUILDING 11 : Fire Tender Shelter and Night Flying Equipment Store
BUILDING 12 : Control Tower
BUILDING 13 : Hangar / Type 'C' Aircraft Shed
BUILDING 16 : Main Stores
BUILDING 17 : Works Services Building and Gas Defence Centre
BUILDING 35 : Gas Chamber
BUILDING 60 : Bulk Petrol Installation
BUILDING 97 : Petrol Tanker Shed (4 Bay)
BUILDING 175 : Dinghy Shed
BUILDING 196 : Unknown
BUILDING 235 : Floodlight Tractor & Trailer Shed
GATE GUARD : English Electric Canberra PR.7 (WJ821)
This aircraft was given the RAF Maintenance number 8668M. It was sadly scrapped 2013.
MEMORIAL SITE : 91st Bombardment Group Memorial Garden
MEMORIAL SITE : 323rd Bombardment Squadron Memorial
MEMORIAL SITE : 441st Sub Depot Memorial
MEMORIAL SITE : Bassingbourn Cemetery
Buried in this Cemetery are:
Sergeant Sidney Armory (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer C P Axworthy (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer G M Beach (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer Herbert Henry Boler (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Hugh Herman Boulter (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Master Engineer D R Bown (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer J A Brink (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer R M Brown (Royal Air Force)
Flight Lieutenant Philip Hyde Buckley (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Niall Hope Burnett (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Kenneth Herbert Butler (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Adrian Laurence William Cale (Royal Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Victor Edwin Canton (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Pilot Officer John Edwin Casey (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Sergeant James Hyndman Cooper (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Leo Frank De Roeck (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Dennis James Dempsey (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Sergeant Victor Charles Dennant (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer J P Donovan (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant James Wilfred Early (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Arthur James Foote (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Arthur Wilfred Ford (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Frank Fulford (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Hylton Carlyle George (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Sergeant J P G Gilbert (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Harold Bryan Livingston Gittins (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant James Gordon (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Basil Leonard Grove-Palmer (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Percy John Havelock Hamlin (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer David Reginald Ferrers Haviland (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer P J Hawkes (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Keith Alexander Hendry (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Corporal Technician F H J House (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Frederick Slade Houston (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Flight Sergeant J J Ingleson (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant William Llewellyn Jones (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flight Sergeant Harold Ernest Jowett (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Pilot Officer J King (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer Frederick Arthur Henry Lambart (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Herbert Arthur Leopold (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Percival Theodore Manning (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Pilot Officer M J Maule (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Robert Andrew McAllister (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Gordon James McGill-Nutt (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer B D Meehan (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer N R Mitchell (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant James Frederick Morrison (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Corporal S J Munday (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant William Reginald Myles (Royal Australian Air Force)
Pilot Officer F G O'Brian (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Errol James Peters (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Christopher Piggott (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer J E Ratcliffe (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Douglas Oswald Rewa (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Allen Charles Elliott Rogers (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer D J Rogers (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Albert Leonard Sanderson (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer H R Saunders (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer William John Shirtcliffe (Royal Australian Air Force)
Pilot Officer A J Smith (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer J Spokes (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Bruce Cathcart Thompson (Royal Australian Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Albert Ernest Wheeler (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Junior Technician C F Wilkinson (Royal Air Force)
Flight Lieutenant P C Wyche (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Sidney Armory (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer C P Axworthy (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer G M Beach (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer Herbert Henry Boler (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Hugh Herman Boulter (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Master Engineer D R Bown (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer J A Brink (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer R M Brown (Royal Air Force)
Flight Lieutenant Philip Hyde Buckley (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Niall Hope Burnett (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Kenneth Herbert Butler (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Adrian Laurence William Cale (Royal Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Victor Edwin Canton (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Pilot Officer John Edwin Casey (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Sergeant James Hyndman Cooper (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Leo Frank De Roeck (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Dennis James Dempsey (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Sergeant Victor Charles Dennant (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer J P Donovan (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant James Wilfred Early (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Arthur James Foote (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Arthur Wilfred Ford (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Frank Fulford (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Hylton Carlyle George (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Sergeant J P G Gilbert (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Harold Bryan Livingston Gittins (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant James Gordon (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Basil Leonard Grove-Palmer (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant Percy John Havelock Hamlin (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer David Reginald Ferrers Haviland (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer P J Hawkes (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Keith Alexander Hendry (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Corporal Technician F H J House (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Frederick Slade Houston (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Flight Sergeant J J Ingleson (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant William Llewellyn Jones (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flight Sergeant Harold Ernest Jowett (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Pilot Officer J King (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer Frederick Arthur Henry Lambart (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Herbert Arthur Leopold (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Sergeant Percival Theodore Manning (Royal Canadian Air Force)
Pilot Officer M J Maule (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Robert Andrew McAllister (Royal Australian Air Force)
Sergeant Gordon James McGill-Nutt (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer B D Meehan (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer N R Mitchell (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant James Frederick Morrison (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Corporal S J Munday (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant William Reginald Myles (Royal Australian Air Force)
Pilot Officer F G O'Brian (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Errol James Peters (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Christopher Piggott (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer J E Ratcliffe (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Douglas Oswald Rewa (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Allen Charles Elliott Rogers (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Flying Officer D J Rogers (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Albert Leonard Sanderson (Royal New Zealand Air Force)
Pilot Officer H R Saunders (Royal Air Force)
Pilot Officer William John Shirtcliffe (Royal Australian Air Force)
Pilot Officer A J Smith (Royal Air Force)
Flying Officer J Spokes (Royal Air Force)
Sergeant Bruce Cathcart Thompson (Royal Australian Air Force)
Aircraftman 2nd Class Albert Ernest Wheeler (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve)
Junior Technician C F Wilkinson (Royal Air Force)
Flight Lieutenant P C Wyche (Royal Air Force)
MEMORIAL SITE : Bassingbourn Village Sign
HISTORIC RECORD
MEMORIAL SITE : Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth Village Sign
MEMORIAL SITE : The Belle Freehouse & Restaurant
MUSEUM SITE : Bassingbourn Tower Museum
Sadly after a long period of being closed, it was hoped the museum would re-open. However the museum was forced to shut permanently in 2020 and the collection is in storage. It is not currently known what the future plans are.
