BBC Secret Britain and 161 sqn
Last night's episode of Secret Britain contained a piece about a place in East Anglia, on the Broads, called Heigham Holmes (or possibly Higham Holmes). It is effectively an island within the Broads, behind a berm, and hidden from view. They said it was used as a sort of ALG by 161 sqn (the guys that operated from Tempsford delivering SOE operatives). I can't think of the advantages of the place (other than being very hidden), given it would have been further away from France and possibly the Low Countries too, than Tempsford or Beaulieu.
I had never heard of this place before. It does not feature in my copy of Action Stations, nor the Google Earth RAF overprint, nor in the Wiki entry for 161 sqn.
Anybody know more about it?
Skua