One of the great things about this website (that sounds egotistical, but I shall continue) is the amount of feedback I receive from visitors. Most leave memories of their times at the places I visit. Some leave compliments. And very very rarely I get tip-offs about locations. “Steve” left one such comment regarding RAF Bodney and sent a photo of the control tower there. I had a spare morning so decided to visit…
Wikipedia has a ton of info about the place, including an aerial photo showing two hangars. I missed those areas so don’t know if they’re still there.
Control tower
It was windowless, full of pigeons and swallows, didn’t smell..
Underground battle HQ
It was flooded and I didn’t have good shoes with me, so I didn’t go in very far…
Guard/pillbox
This seemed really tall!
Bomb shelter
There was a dead deer in here.
Some random buildings
There were some random buildings scattered around in the forests.
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Thanks for sharing pictures of a place I will probably never see in person. My 2nd cousin, Earl Abbott was a pilot with the 328th FS and was MIA on Jan 15, 1945. I wasn’t even born when he died but these pictures help me realize the stories I read about him and his stay at Bodney are real and I appreciate what he and all the members of 352 FG did to give me the kind of America I live in. Thank you.
The 352nd Virtual Fighter Group is in the process of making airfields for IL-Sturmovik; and includes Bodney. Please visit and have a look @ http://352ndfg.com/smf/index.php?topic=1520.0
For other RAF airfields in progress see http://352ndfg.com/smf/index.php?board=33.0
I learnt to drive on that airfield in 1968-69 with a great friend: Nora. Beautiful memories.
Has anyone any memories of my mother Daphne vieusseux who was a driver at bodney in 1941-42 ?
Who owns this site now, as I thought it was still owned by the MOD? Is it possible to visit without permission? There is so much history to Bodney, it is a shame that a group hasn’t been set up to restore it as a musuem, like Thorpe Abbotts.
Who owns this site now, as I thought it was still owned by the MOD? Is it possible to visit without permission? There is so much history to Bodney, it is a shame that a group hasn’t been set up to restore it as a musuem, like Thorpe Abbotts.
I have some photos taken at various times after the War: 1969 was my first visit. I will try to post a few.
still no reply as to present ownership, can anybody help me ? am G7AIR, operator of G3/G7EUG and RAFARS member would like to operate portable AOTA statrion from here. Ted
I’m glad to see other people enjoying this place as much as i have. Iv’e slept in the control tower on more than a few occasions. My father has written a series of books about airfields called ‘The military airfields of Britain’ which may be of interest to some of you. I am trying to find out how much it would be to purchase the Bodney site, to make a world war two museum. Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated. If we don’t look after these places no one else will.
The site is privately farmed but owned by MOD and is in regular use as part of STANTA training area. You trespass at your peril!
does anyone have any old pictures of the dancehall?