Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO RIVENHALL AERODROME THIS IS THE MAIN RUNWAY OF THE FORMER RIVENHALL AERODROME. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW IN ESSEX TO HAVE SURVIVED WITH ITS FULL 100 FEET WIDTH INTACT. MOST HAVE BEEN ROBBED OUT TO THE WIDTH OF FARM TRACKS FOR HARD CORE. SADLY RIVENHALL TOO IS ABOUT TO SUFFER THIS FATE SEE. RIVENHALL BEGAN OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 1944 USING P51S THESE WERE LATER REPLACED WITH B26 BOMBERS. THE USAAF LEFT THE BASE IN AUGUST 1944 RAF STERLING GLIDER TUGS AND SOE TRANSPORTS MOVING IN DURING THE AUTUMN. THE BASE CLOSED IN 1946. TO GO TO THE NEXT FIELD IN AN ALPHABETICAL TOUR OF ESSEX WW2 AIRFIELDS CLICK ON. MUCH INFORMATION WAS GLEANED FROM GRAHAM SMITH???S BOOK ???ESSEX AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR??? 2006 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) GLYN BAKER PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO GBV-1687 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Glyn Baker obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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