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Old 11th Apr 2013, 13:29
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Duckbutt

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I suggest the WW1 airfield is Auxi Le Chateau, to the NE of Abbeville. It was taking off from this field that the RFC Pilot James McCudden VC crashed and was fatally injured on the 9th July 1918.

I confess I do not know the identity of the WW2 airfield or why the wood was bombed.

Edited to add that it would seem the wood was a V2 site. It was named after the nearby village of Acquet.

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