Originally Posted by
pr00ne
PN,
Weren’t all of the V-force bases originally built with 24 dispersals, enough for 8 each for 3 Squadrons?
No, they all got the runway extension but the infrastructure was actually designed to meet the force plan - strange really
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Hard to see it all on Google Earth but Finningley only had a few dispersals with most aircraft outside the hangars. OTOH the mess was enlarged to accommodate the additional crews under training. The other 1 Gp bases all had 24 dispersals = 80 Vulcan.
The 3 Gp bases, apart from Marham, were two sqn stations although this is not clear on Google. Wyton only seems to have 8. This 2-Sqn setup was a disadvantage when the 3 Vulcan sqns replaced 10/15 at Cottesmore as the mess was too small.