Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
Bassingbourn
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27 March 1938
29 August 1969 Ministry of Defence N/A N/A e00893 17 March 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 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, It is not known what will happen to the collection.
