Talk:RAF Bassingbourn

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[edit] Sources

I could not locate a definitive source for the history of this station. The article reflects details gleaned from a variety of text and visual sources. Havelaar's book was excellent for its aerial photographs of Bassingbourn. Roger Freeman provided details of Class A standards and construction dates. The RAF squadron history acted as a "reverse directory" for details on the base. The ATF Bassingbourn website was invaluable for gelling it all together and I hope someone will do a related article on ATF Bassingbourn (I don't know if I can do it justice, although I am fascinated by a regiment that targets basic training specifically for 16-year-old recruits). I do want to give credit to the 91st Bomb Group Association web page. On its extensive page of stories about the 91st was an article by Kathleen Dodkin, who was a secretary for John Laing & Son during the building of the airfield in 1937-38.--Buckboard 13:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

Thanx for the photographs--they add much to the article. However their captions were incorrect in a number of ways and were corrected. BTW, the first number of the serial number on the tail is the year, i.e. 231909 is (19)42-31909.--Buckboard 06:23, 11 September 2006 (UTC)