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Maleme airfield under bombs 1940 - Related Files

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	Maleme airfield at 26th May 1941, Crete, Greece The two photos below are reconnaissance photos taken on the 26th May, they are from file AIR 40/1402 in the National Archives in Kew. There is another photo in the file from 23 May and a comparison shows the build up of aircraft on the ground at Maleme. The second of the two photos is a blow up of the southern corner of the airfield. Some of them will be glidrs while others will be JU52...		07/03/2007	967
	RAF Bottisham on 7 May 1946 RAF Bottisham is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 5 miles E of Cambridge, S of Bottisham village in Cambridgeshire. Bottisham airfield opened in March 1940 and was first used by bomb-armed Tiger Moths transferred from 22 EFTS to be prepared for possible anti-invasion duties. Then beginning in October 1940, the airfield was used by 22 EFTS Tiger Mot...		05/30/2008	252
	Avedore Airfield Copenhagen remains These are the remains of the former airfield of Avedore. It was opened 1917 and was the beginning of the danish airforce. It was danish airfield until 1940 whe the german occupation began. The germans took most items with them to their airfield Vaerlose NW of Copenhagen. 1945 it was all over. Today only 2 wooden hangars remains, the oldest in the world. The 10 smal...		09/30/2007	337
	Bombing of the Devres Airfield - 21 June 1941 High oblique photograph showing bombs bursting on newly-built hangars on the airfield at Desvres, France, during an attack by 6 Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 110 Squadron RAF, ('Circus' operation).		08/17/2008	225
	RAF Steeple Morden on 13 April 1947 RAF Steeple Morden is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 3½ miles W of Royston in Cambridgeshire. Between 1940 to September 1942, Steeple Morden was a grass satellite dispersal airfield used by No. 11 Squadron of RAF Bomber Command flying Vickers Wellingtons from RAF Bassingbourn. When the airfield was turned over for American use, St...		06/01/2008	401
	Ypenburg Airfield - Now and 25 Years before The airfield was founded in 1936, initially for recreational purposes. At the beginning of World War II German forces attempted to capture the airfield, in 1940, via an airborne landing during the Battle for The Hague. This failed however and Dutch forces recaptured the airfield. After the Netherlands eventually surrendered to Germany, the Luftwaffe made no use of the airfield during the remain...		09/19/2008	278
	Camden Aerodrome 3. Sept 1942, New South Wales, Australia A private airstrip prior to World War II, the Camden airfield hosted Nos 4, 15, 21, 32 and 78 Squadrons at various stages during the war, in addition to the Central Flying School between 1940 and 1942, and a British transport unit, RAF No 243 Squadron, during the latter part of World War II. By 1946, the airfield had been returned to its civil status.		03/21/2007	267
	RAF Debden taken on 9 July 1946 RAF Debden is a former RAF airfield in England. The field is located 3 miles SE of Saffron Walden and approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden in North Essex. The airfield was opened in April 1937 and was first used by the Royal Air Force. During the early years of World War II, it was a Sector Station with an Operations Block for No.11 Group RAF during the Battle of ...		06/06/2008	451
	Purfleet Oil Refinery attacked by the german Luftwaffe at 7th Sept. 1940 Soon after 1700 hours, however, the enemy launched a very big attack and the principal objectives seem to have been industrial and dock property on both sides of the Thames, bombs were dropped at Woolwich, Purfleet and the Dockland area of London.		07/03/2007	458
	376th BG (H) - Mission 436 - Neuburg Airfield 24 March 1945 Aerial photos show that the 376th Bomb Group had covered the entire field with clusters of fragmentation bombs.		01/20/2009	341
	German airfield Maldegem The Maldegem Flugplatz is situatied near the 'Ringbaan' which is now largely an industriel area. The former Belgian airfield, which was still beeing constructed in 1940 was occupied by the German and Italian Air force during WWII. Later on it was used by the Canadian liberators. One of my witnesses told my the Germans returned for a short while on the first of January 1945. It...		09/10/2009	46
	Takali or Ta-Qali airfield during the Malta siege 1942 Aerial photograph of Takali (Ta Qali) taken on 29th April 1942 at the height of Luftwaffe bombing offensive. The devastation is evident. Takali was the main fighter base on Malta and the one where Spitfires were operated. Note the massive reinforced aircraft pens in the upper part of the photo. 285 individual aircraft pens were erected on Malta during three critical months, involving the effort...		07/31/2008	469