The ‘Beambender’ was a vital WW2 RAF unit designed to foil Nazi bombing raids. Slightly north of Coalville in the ...

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It might seem hard to imagine now, with duty-free shops and modern passenger jets on the tarmac, but the airport's original use was as an RAF base in WW2. It was built in August 1942 by American ...

The case was brought by Florence and Peter Fanning, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire. From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II ...

Documents from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that some of the highest concentrations of the chemicals can be found in RAF bases across the UK. Groundwater samples from RAF Benson in South ...

A volunteer has made it his mission to help preserve a museum dedicated to the memory of those who served at a wartime RAF base in Thurleigh.

The base was known for its long runway, nearly 2km in length, which during the war led to the closure of Church Road to Huntingdon as planes frequently flew low over the route. READ MORE: The RAF ...