… These rebar concrete structures are spread all around the main runways of RAF Hornchurch. They offered a measure of protection to personnel during air attacks, which occurred several times in 1940.
They were also part of a perimeter defence network at a time when ground attack was a definite prospect.
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… band of re-enactors, boarding their Skytrooper transport before an – eventually cancelled – commemorative jump at Duxford Aerodrome. Daks over Duxford
Prints available from Saatchi Art.
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… this underground CP is located at the end of RAF Hornchurch’s main runway, on the Rainham side. Its entrance is now apparently filled in. Given its small size, it must have felt pretty cramped in it during emergencies such as air attacks.
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… a little editing of a Hawker Hurricane Mk1 fibreglass replica, installed as IWM Duxford gate guardian.
It’s painted in the livery of LE-D, Douglas Bader’s personal aircraft when he was commanding 242 Squadron, deployed at RAF Duxford from the second half of 1940.
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