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21st Apr 2005, 06:46

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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could

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What runways does it have? Hard or grass?

In 1944 it was indeed a fighter base in 12 Gp. It had been opened in 1940 so is a fairly new base. It was home to 53 OTU with Spitfires and 3 sqns of Bofors AA.