Comments on: RAF Warboys Direction Finding Station

By: John Poole

John Poole — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:41:11 +0000

I was JT at warboys.FROM jAN 59 – Mar 60 Please contact me so we can catch up
Those were the Days

By: BOB MOORE

BOB MOORE — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:27:39 +0000

Reading your website brought back some memories I have of RAFs Warboys and Upwood.I was posted to Warboys in Nov 1961, I was on 257 squadron,operating mk 2 Bloodhound missiles. at first I was in ASF with a corporal Godfrey, he was a Londoner like me and we got on well,the hangar as far as I can remember was like something out of star wars,a dust free environment and we wore white coats and looked liked scientists, after a while I applied to go on to the 257 squadron, I can remember doing the pre-flight check,[count the missiles] to see nobody had nicked any.there were never any after flight checks. the squadron had a great morale and I enjoyed my short time there,because in April 1963 I was posted to Laarbruch,Whilst working at Warboys we were actually billeted at RAF Upwood, I thought I,d died and gone to heaven, great food, central heating,after Bridgenorth and Weeton it was luxury,I remember one time at Upwood I had just left the mess and was walking back to the block when I heard the SWOMAN shout at me OI! walk properly ,who do you think you are the Duke of fucking Edinburgh, all because I was walking with my hands behind my back holding my mug and irons, ‘great memories’

By: trevor bate

trevor bate — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:47:04 +0000

Was stationed at HQ 1 Group RAF Bawtry in 1960 – We used Warboys transmitters as our W/T transmitters for working to the “V” force bombers
and could do so virtually around the world – the “Bomber net” used High Wycombe – RAF Mildenhall and Bawtry as receiver sites using RA17 receivers
mainly and the transmitter sites for morse telegraphy were Chenies – a couple at Wycombe – Warboys – and another which I have now forgotten – it all worked very well indeed I recal chatting to Vulcan bombers on the ground at Darwin – Goose bay and lots of other distant places. will likely recall the other TX site later
rgds

By: Gus

Gus — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:50:14 +0000

LIKELY DEMOLITION
update as of November the 5th 2010, (when I visited the site in the evening as fireworks were going off over the old airfield), It’s unlikely that this site will be around for much longer, on the front gate (2 metres from the big gap in the fence)
There is an application for demolition dated sept 2010 to make way for 2 industrial units for “Rustons” engineering.
Basically if you wish to see the last vestiges of this site, go now before it’s obliterated, acess via edge of field (park right by the land below the modern mobile mast, as many do) but please remember this site borders agriculteral land so respect the area.
Alternately squeeze through the missing bars (easy unless you are around 23 stone) at the front & mind the open manhole covers… take light sources if visiting towards dusk or later.
As a local I love this hidden but blatently visible site, we regularly receive the memorial flight which tips wings as it flies several circuits of the village, church & airfield, if you do visit, please stop by the local church (a few hundred metres away, it has a fine stained glass memorial window marking the history & sacrifice of the Airfield & it’s occupants.
If anyone wishes to send a letter of complaint it should be sent with due haste to huntingdonshire district council, time is short!

By: ken mellor

ken mellor — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:46:45 +0000

could it have been a radar station, judging by the picture.
poss. a type 80 ?

By: ken mellor

ken mellor — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:43:26 +0000

My father flew in “lanks” as a flight engineer and often
talked of Warboys.
It is the village name that gives it (The Station) it’s name.
P.S. Re. the hanging of witches. (Second entry).
Surley it is “unenviable”, no “enviable” !
Sorry to be pedantic.

By: Mike Crosland

Mike Crosland — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:57:03 +0000

I was stationed at the transmitter site as a junior technician for approximately 3-months in 1966 before being posted to Malta. We lived at the caravan site in Oldhurst. I remember that a Sergeant was in charge but a civilian serviced ‘his’ transmitters and would’nt let us RAF types touch them. We used to get some very large mushrooms from around the aerials.

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By: Geoff Underwood

Geoff Underwood — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:35:06 +0000

I ‘worked’ at Warboys Transmitters in 1959/60. We didn’t do too much work as there was a civilian wireless fitter and Ernie, the civilian cleaner.
Our sergeant ran a tv repair business, another airman was converting a bus into a camper and yet another learning to play the saxophone.
Happy days!

By: ken dodd

ken dodd — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:59:26 +0000

Hi i was a ground wireless mechanic stationed at raf wyton in 1963/64 and worked in the above building at warboys. It was used at that time to hold the transmitters for raf wyton and also held hi power rf transmitters for raf mildenhall. as far as I can rememember it closed down around 1966 rgds ken