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 | Operation Crossroads was an atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted by the United States in the summer of 1946. The series consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 21 kilotons: ABLE detonated at an altitude of 520 feet (158 m) on 1 July 1946; BAKER detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on 25 July 1946. A third planned burst, CHARLIE, was scrubbed after BAKER presented more radi... |  | 09/29/2006 | 842 | 



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 | The aircraft NZ4115 (c/n1552) was built for the RAF (SZ584) in1945, and in May 1946 was loaned to BOAC (G-AHJR). After be-ing returned to the RAF, the aircraft was refurbished prior to beingsold to the RNZAF. After being retired by the RNZAF, the aircraftwas donated to MOTAT in December 1966. |  | 05/18/2007 | 442 | 



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 | RAF Feltwell is used by the USAFE as a housing estate for United States Air Force personnel.
It is also rumored to be a NSA listening post and 3 large radomes can be seen. Its previous life was home to USAF 5th Space Surveillance Squadron.
The image was captured on 2nd July 2006 and July 4th celebrations can be seen with the presence of a fun fair and a ball game i... |  | 11/09/2008 | 339 | 



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 | RAF Hethel is a former World War II airfield used by the US during the Second World War (and briefly as an RAF station) in Norfolk, England situated located 7 miles south west of Norwich.
Hethel airfield was constructd in 1942 for American use and was assigned USAAF designation Station 114.
From 14 September 1943 though to 12 June 1945, Hethel served as headquarters for t... |  | 11/04/2008 | 273 | 



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 | 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 | 251 | 



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 | Duxford Aerodrome (IATA: QFO, ICAO: EGSU) is located 8 nautical miles (14.8 km) south of Cambridge in the village of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England.
The airfield is owned jointly by the Imperial War Museum and Cambridgeshire County Council and is the site of the Imperial War Museum Duxford and the American Air Museum.
Duxford Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licenc... |  | 05/30/2008 | 324 | 
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 | The tri-base area constituting the 423d Air Base Squadron is composed of RAF Alconbury, RAF Molesworth and RAF Upwood, United Kingdom. |  | 12/20/2005 | 352 | 



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 | RAF Welford is one of the largest bomb-stores in Europe
It is a munitions storage installation for the 424th Air Base Squadron, which is based some 40 miles away at RAF Fairford.
It is located three miles west of M4 junction 13 and is marked by a large sign labelled "Works Access Only"
Most of the munitions dropped by Aircraft deployed at RAF Fairfor... |  | 01/20/2006 | 561 | 



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 | On July 9th, 1946 at 10:30 pm a B-17 "Flying Fortress" bringing twenty-five service men home crashed at this site. No one survived. |  | 11/08/2008 | 1,515 | 



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 | RAF Warmwell was a Royal Air Force station near Warmwell in Dorset, England from 1937 to 1946. During World War II it was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force as USAAF station 454.
Construction of No. 6 Armament Training Camp began in 1936 and upon completion in 1937 the 300 acres (1.2 km²) of former farmland was known as RAF Woodsford... |  | 06/01/2008 | 471 | 



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 | RAF STATION OAKINGTON (in the Cambridgeshire)For FS98 Raf Oakington was the original base for the Short Stirling bomber during ww2. |  | 12/21/2005 | 305 | 



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 | 461 Lancasters and 153 Halifaxes to Stuttgart. 17 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes lost, 4.6 per cent of the force. This was the first of 3 heavy raids on Stuttgart in 5 nights and the only report available is a composite one for the 3 raids. The 3 raids caused the most serious damage of the war in the central districts of Stuttgart which, being situated in a series of narrow valleys, had eluded Bomb... |  | 02/11/2007 | 383 | 



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