Great Orton - UK Airfields

Great Orton, Cumberland

Great Orton / Watchtree / Wiggonby

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1 June 1943
15 August 1952
Nature Reserve / Wind Farm
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AIRFIELD SITE

AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Dispersals

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 08/26

AIRFIELD SITE : Runway 13/31

AIRFIELD SITE : Taxiways

BUILDING 1 : Control Tower

BUILDING 17 : Fuel Compound

BUILDING 20 : Sub Station

OPERATIONS BLOCK SITE

BUILDING 1 : Operations Block & Crew Briefing Room

BUILDING 3 : Picket Post

MEMORIALS AT GREAT ORTON

MEMORIAL SITE : ABCT Marker Stone

MEMORIAL SITE : Control Tower Plaque

MEMORIAL SITE : The Watchtree Stone

MEMORIAL SITE : Watchtree Farm Memorial Plaque

MEMORIAL SITE : Watchtree Nature Reserve Memorial Plaque

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS : RAF Great Orton Sign

On display at the Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum

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