Barrows, Biplanes & Bombers

This popped up elsewhere...

HP 400 D4562 Flown by EH Lawford & M Davis. At Stonehenge school

A post on a Fleet Air Arm history page I run, has attracted some interest recently in wartime activity around Stonehenge.... Nothing terribly new in what's being said... but I hadn't seen this photo before! (I must say, I think the photographers focal length makes the hangars look darn site closer than they actually were!)

Not directly linked to Stonehenge Airfield Camps... however, during WWI, north of Night Camp at Fargo (just the other side of The Cursus) there were, we think, two hospitals. One for the men, and a veterinary hospital for caring for the horses

Overhead image taken during site survey in 1943... the basic layout of the hangars and buildings... on both sides of what is now the A303 are clear... We know there are some remains hidden underground... I do wonder exactly how much?

Interesting to learn that the team at Stow Maries (a WWI airfield site in Essex) have a replica of the nose section of a HP O/ series bomber...

Next week I will be delivering an on-line talk for the Great War Aviation Society, part of a series of Zoom talks the society is oprganising this summer.

I will be looking at the story of Lark Hill and the people who operated there. Access is free to GWAS members... and, the good news is, also to people who have registered for the society's 'Wind in the Wires' email newsletter.

..once you've done that (and the newsletter's free of charge) you just need to register to get the talk access code and accept terms and conditions.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all followers... activity on the page has slowed down over the last 6mnths or so... but we hope there's enough infor posted already for you to dip back into from time to time... Thanks for your following TB

My WOSH colleague, Roger Green has asked me to share this link with you to the marvelous display of WWI artefacts the BDAC team have gathered at Old Sarum... worth dropping in if you're in the area

BDAC - RFC Collection Roger Green talks about the amazing Royal Flying Corps collection housed at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.They are open 6 days a week Tuesday to Sund...