Control tower circa 1970s   Photograph of the Control Tower taken, we believe in the early 1970s  One of our volunteers has recently discovered this from his collection of photos taken over the years.   The photo shows the chance light building still standing at the time, with the rear wall of the fire engine ambulance shed Nissen hut in front of it.

B-17 ‘Fever Beaver’ standing on No 10 Hard Stand showing a long line of mission bomb symbols and very worn paint work.  The squadron and aircraft code are barely visible.  Under the wing, is a very large tree stump that had just been left on the grass and one of the airfield’s Tannoy speakers.  We don’t know why the tree stump had been left there! Photo 3 Photo 3 was taken between Hard Stands No 9 and No 10 and shows a B-17 on the runway, a truck on the perimeter / taxiway an

Christmas approaches after another busy season at Thorpe Abbotts. Visitor numbers this year have not quite hit the highs of last year but have still been much above average. What has been particularly satisfying is to see a significant increase in Veteran’s families coming over from the United States, many of whom have only just realised what their father/grandfather went through during the war after watching Masters of the Air’. There have also been increased numbers of Tour