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Dortmund Airfield in World War II - Related Files

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	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	266
	Aerial Photo of RAF Hethel Airfield - 16 April 1946 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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	Biggest Indian Tipi in the World In the Fredenbaum Park in Dortmund, Germany, stands the biggest Indian tipi of the world. About 35 meters high, it was built for the EXPO 2000 in Hannover. http://www.bigtipi.dortmund.de/		05/23/2006	222
	RAF Fowlmere on 13 April 1947 RAF Fowlmere is a former airfield in the United Kingdom. The airfield is located six miles SW of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire. Flying at Fowlmere originated in 1918 when the airfield was used by Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Service Aero Squadrons. After World War I ended, the hangars were all demolished along with the assorted buildings by 1923. With...		05/30/2008	272
	Kahuku Army Airfield - October 1941 There are references to Kahuku as an emergency field dating to the 1930's, but it was not until the United States entered World War II that the airfield was developed. Kahuku Army Airfield was classified as an auxiliary field and had a very short life span, from 1942 until it was closed in the late 1940's. Ground troops were stationed in the area to protect the airfield and man the shoreline fo...		10/28/2008	262
	RAF Yatesbury RAF Yatesbury is a former Royal Air Force airfield well known to many airmen who served in the Second World War. The airfield was first established in the First World War and was developed into a permanent camp in the interwar years especially from 1936 onwards before finally closing in the 1960s. Before closure the camp was home to the Radar and Wireless training school which transferred to Lo...		03/21/2007	350
	Carew Airfield In World War 1 the airfield was used as a base for maritime patrols and it played an important role in the Atlantic maritime theatre, until operational flying ceased in 1942. In 1942 the base became No.10 Radio School, a training base for aircrew wireless operators, a role it was to perform until the end of the war. The station closed in 1945.		12/01/2008	568
	Brooklands Park - racing track and aerodrome (overlays) Brooklands was a motor racing circuit built near Weybridge in Surrey, England. The brainchild of Hugh Locke-King, it was opened on June 17, 1907 and was the first custom-built banked motor race circuit in the world. It was the first ever oval style race track built for cars. Two years after the racecourse was built Locke-King constructed an airfield in the centre of the site providing the oppo...		02/22/2006	535
	Abandoned Airfield - RAF Beaulieu RAF Beaulieu (pronounced Bew-lee) was a World War II airfield in England located near the small village of Beaulieu in Hampshire. During the war it was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force as USAAF station 408. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Beaulieu		04/02/2009	514
	Hixon Airfield and Industrial estate Little-used airfield built to house Wellington bombers during the Second World War. often used by local radio-control model airoplane clubs and learner drivers. The industrial estate contains a wide veriety of different businesses.		11/25/2008	83