This housed the RAF Police Flt, Fire Section and initially The Ground Defence Section... again takes you back....
Posted 19 January 2008, 15:20 From gary addison
Dear Sir,
I find these photographs you took very interesting, my father was a navigator in the last war, and i am trying to find out his past. As like most war veterans what happened beetween 1939 - 1945 remains there.
My fathers name was Bill Addison (sgt William Addison dfm dso ) sadly died in 1989. Should you come across any information and wish to share some of this with me, i will be only to happy to listen.
Regards
Gary
Posted 19 September 2008, 17:30 From Tony senior
I spent a LOT of time in this control tower 65/70 as an atc erk (sac) winter and summer, I know every inch of this airfield and it is very sad to see it like this, it was such a vibrant place and also very peaceful on a summer evening between day and night flying, god memory's, oh well i,m getting old. P.S. I know where all the good mushrooms grow on this place.
Posted 7 December 2008, 12:20 From arthur paton
During my 18 month stay I remember doing a couple of night fire section duties Six pm to Six am, we were allowed a couple of hours on completion of duty to clean up and have breakfast before resuming normal duty. Breakfast consisted of cold left overs so the NAFFI van was welcome at about ten when we could buy hot pasties, sausage rolls etc and a mug of strong hot tea, especially in the middle of winter when it was freezing out on the airfield Because of WRs isolation then we had a long week-end every month, Sat to Mon I used to volunteer for faigue duties over that weekend and get an early pass at Friday midday the following week. Regards Arthur
Posted 15 April 2009, 20:40 From Hans Speck
Hallo Gary
I worked for many years with an electrician called Bill Addison, who told me that he was a navigator in the RAF during the war flying in Mosquito night fighters. I believe he could be your father. I know he had a stroke and I viseted him in hospital once. I love to know were he is buried.
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Posted 14 September 2007, 15:30 From Mike Plimmer
This housed the RAF Police Flt, Fire Section and initially The Ground Defence Section... again takes you back....
Posted 19 January 2008, 15:20 From gary addison
Dear Sir,
I find these photographs you took very interesting, my father was a navigator in the last war, and i am trying to find out his past. As like most war veterans what happened beetween 1939 - 1945 remains there.
My fathers name was Bill Addison (sgt William Addison dfm dso ) sadly died in 1989. Should you come across any information and wish to share some of this with me, i will be only to happy to listen.
Regards
Gary
Posted 19 September 2008, 17:30 From Tony senior
I spent a LOT of time in this control tower 65/70 as an atc erk (sac) winter and summer, I know every inch of this airfield and it is very sad to see it like this, it was such a vibrant place and also very peaceful on a summer evening between day and night flying, god memory's, oh well i,m getting old. P.S. I know where all the good mushrooms grow on this place.
Posted 7 December 2008, 12:20 From arthur paton
During my 18 month stay I remember doing a couple of night fire section duties Six pm to Six am, we were allowed a couple of hours on completion of duty to clean up and have breakfast before resuming normal duty. Breakfast consisted of cold left overs so the NAFFI van was welcome at about ten when we could buy hot pasties, sausage rolls etc and a mug of strong hot tea, especially in the middle of winter when it was freezing out on the airfield Because of WRs isolation then we had a long week-end every month, Sat to Mon I used to volunteer for faigue duties over that weekend and get an early pass at Friday midday the following week. Regards Arthur
Posted 15 April 2009, 20:40 From Hans Speck
Hallo Gary
I worked for many years with an electrician called Bill Addison, who told me that he was a navigator in the RAF during the war flying in Mosquito night fighters. I believe he could be your father. I know he had a stroke and I viseted him in hospital once. I love to know were he is buried.
Kind regards
H.J. Speck