Opened in 1936, RAF Driffield is in the east riding of Yorkshire.
During the later part of WW2, Handley Page Halifax bombers of the royal australian airforce 466 squadron, took off fom it's 6000ft runway, to attack the heart of nazi occupied europe, after the war, the airfield became home to a number of training schools and night fighter squadrons, until flying ceased in 1959.
RAF Driffield finally closed in 1977, and was handed over to the royal corps of transport, and re-named Alamein Barracks.
like many disused airfields, Driffield lost it's control tower, and in the early 80's it's hangars were converted to store grain. all three runways were also removed.
In 1992 the site changed hands again, and was renamed RAF Staxton Wold, Driffield camp, until it finally closed on june 28th 1996.
the rural payments agency who owned the hangars, closed them in 2003, and sold them to a property development company, the MOD sold most of the rest of the site to Strawsons property developers in 2007.
a short assault training course...
lots of eerie long dark corridors, and strange noises in the windy autumn weather....
sadly, the caped crusader wasn't here today.....
inside Batman's room, his cabinets adorned with 80's newspaper clippings of hot ladies!
best before mar 87!
an unusual thing to find, a Raleigh 20 shopper bike.....
a fair few rubber bullets dotted around the site....
two bars, one called the Drifft in, and a NAAFI shop.....
projector room....
and silver screen, looking past it's best....
abandonned nest, in abandonned surroundings....
boiler house....
water gauges....
what looks like the stage....
thanks for looking.
During the later part of WW2, Handley Page Halifax bombers of the royal australian airforce 466 squadron, took off fom it's 6000ft runway, to attack the heart of nazi occupied europe, after the war, the airfield became home to a number of training schools and night fighter squadrons, until flying ceased in 1959.
RAF Driffield finally closed in 1977, and was handed over to the royal corps of transport, and re-named Alamein Barracks.
like many disused airfields, Driffield lost it's control tower, and in the early 80's it's hangars were converted to store grain. all three runways were also removed.
In 1992 the site changed hands again, and was renamed RAF Staxton Wold, Driffield camp, until it finally closed on june 28th 1996.
the rural payments agency who owned the hangars, closed them in 2003, and sold them to a property development company, the MOD sold most of the rest of the site to Strawsons property developers in 2007.
a short assault training course...
lots of eerie long dark corridors, and strange noises in the windy autumn weather....
sadly, the caped crusader wasn't here today.....
inside Batman's room, his cabinets adorned with 80's newspaper clippings of hot ladies!
best before mar 87!
an unusual thing to find, a Raleigh 20 shopper bike.....
a fair few rubber bullets dotted around the site....
two bars, one called the Drifft in, and a NAAFI shop.....
projector room....
and silver screen, looking past it's best....
abandonned nest, in abandonned surroundings....
boiler house....
water gauges....
what looks like the stage....
thanks for looking.
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