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Old 16th Aug 2006, 07:54
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chevvron
 
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Not forgetting some open fields in the area were used by Sir Alan Cobham for his 'National Aviation Days'. I remember a tale of my father flying with one of his joyriders from a field on the eastern outskirts of Chesham, Bucks, about 3nm west of Bovingdon.
I've also always wondered about the history of the blister hangar in a field next to the main Chesham - Berkhamstead road about a mile south of Ashley Green; was it anything to do with a USAAF landing strip which briefly existed in this area in 1944?
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