Royal Air Force Podington, more commonly known as RAF Podington, is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station in northern Bedfordshire, England, 6 miles south-east of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Podington airfield overlay
RDB-7B (RAF Douglas A-20C-1-DO Havoc Boston III), registration AL672, shown as a staff communications aircraft for 8th AF HQ at RAF Bovingdon. Prior to its use by 8th AF, this aircraft was originally used to equip the 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) and used on 4 July 1942 a low-level attack on Luftwaffe airfields in the Netherlands.
Lockheed/Vega B-17G-10-VE Flying Fortress (serial 42-39958) of the 92d Bomb Group. This aircraft suffered severe damage during a mission to Hamburg Germany on 4 November 1944 attacking the Harburg oil complex. It was written off after it landed safely.
B-17s of the 92d Bomb Group on a mission over Nazi Occupied Europe. Visible is Lockheed/Vega B-17G-70-VE Flying Fortress (serial 44-8579).
Royal Air Force Aldermaston, or more simply RAF Aldermaston, is a former Royal Air Force station located 8 miles (13 km) east of Newbury, Berkshire and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) southwest of Reading, Berkshire, England.
Aerial photograph of RAF Aldermaston oriented north, taken 19 August 1943. The bomb dump is on the east side of the airfield
Paratroopers of the 503rd US Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain of the 60th Troop Carrier Group at Aldermaston, 23 September 1942
CG-4A Waco Glider of the 315th Troop Carrier Group, 1943.
Douglas C-47 of the 74th Troop Carrier Squadron.
