Theres already a few threads on RAF Charmy Down on here but none of the photos work so I thought I'd have a sort through some of Krela's and my own snaps from a few years back.
RAF Charmy Down, roughly three miles north of Bath. Opened: 11/1940. Closed: 10/1946.
Aerial photo from 1943.
RAF Charmy Down airfield was first used by the RAF for Hurricane Night Fighter aircraft in conjunction with Turbinlite Havocs, a twin engined light bomber which was fitted with a 2,700 million candela (2.7 Gcd) searchlight in the nose. The Turbinlite Havocs were unarmed and were supposed to illuminate targets for accompanying Hurricane fighters, but in practice they just made nice bright targets for German gunners.
Wiki link below gives a good short history of Charmy Down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down
Hawker Hurricane Night Fighter, personal a/c of 87 Sqn leader Dennis Smallwood. BE500 had the name Cawnpore I. The photo is taken during a flight from Charmy Down on 7 May 1942.
Technical Site
Stand by set house, would have contained a generator and switch board.
Three joined huts, kitchens, dining hall and concert hall. Small gray building is a toilet block.
Gas decontamination block.
Accommodation block with small water tower.
RAF Charmy Down, roughly three miles north of Bath. Opened: 11/1940. Closed: 10/1946.
Aerial photo from 1943.
RAF Charmy Down airfield was first used by the RAF for Hurricane Night Fighter aircraft in conjunction with Turbinlite Havocs, a twin engined light bomber which was fitted with a 2,700 million candela (2.7 Gcd) searchlight in the nose. The Turbinlite Havocs were unarmed and were supposed to illuminate targets for accompanying Hurricane fighters, but in practice they just made nice bright targets for German gunners.
Wiki link below gives a good short history of Charmy Down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down
Hawker Hurricane Night Fighter, personal a/c of 87 Sqn leader Dennis Smallwood. BE500 had the name Cawnpore I. The photo is taken during a flight from Charmy Down on 7 May 1942.
Technical Site
Stand by set house, would have contained a generator and switch board.
Three joined huts, kitchens, dining hall and concert hall. Small gray building is a toilet block.
Gas decontamination block.
Accommodation block with small water tower.
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the shelters look to have survived well, Stanton iron works or what is left of it, is not far from me and the Stanton shelter concrete sections may have been made there! although due to the numbers needed they were prob cast at other locations too.
