Royal Air Force Welford or more simply RAF Welford is an active Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England. The station lies approximately 6 miles northwest of Newbury, and about 50 miles west of L
RAF Welford
RAF Welford, May 1944. The CG-4 gliders and C-47s of the 435th Troop Carrier Group are parked wherever space can be found, one month before the D-Day invasion of France.
Horsa glider at Welford, May 1944
USAF munitions being loaded into a container in 2012
Royal Air Force Spanhoe or more simply RAF Spanhoe is a former Royal Air Force station near Uppingham in Northamptonshire, England. The airfield is located approximately 4 miles east of Uppingham; abo
A virtually empty Spanhoe Airfield - 2 March 1944, taken while most of the 315th Troop Carrier Group's C-47s were on operational missions. The runway pattern of the airfield was unusual for a Class-A airfield, with the end of the 26 runway being distant from the secondary runways.
C-47s of the 310th TCS on a mission.
82d Airborne parachutists loading onto 43d and 309th TCS aircraft, 1944.
Memorial at entrance to the airfield