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Culham
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C1961
(© Steve Bond)
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Culham airfield, HMS Hornbill
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Airfield Today:
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Atomic
Energy site from 1960
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Tower Type:
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Standard Naval 3 storey,
3860/42.
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Tower:
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Demolished
1960's
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Other
Buildings:
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Few
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History:
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Culham airfield, HMS Hornbill
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Aerial
view of Control Tower 1961
(© Steve Bond)
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Culham airfield, HMS Hornbill
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Airfield:
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RN Receipt and Despatch
Unit
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Opened:
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1/11/1944
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Closed:
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30/9/1953
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ID Code:
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CH
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3x - concrete, tarmac
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Hangars:
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32+
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County:
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Oxfordshire
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Location:
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5 miles S of Oxford
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OS Ref:
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SU535958
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Photographs
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Culham
airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman
2001 - HMS Hornbill - Culham -
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