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ENGLISH HERITAGE'S RECORD DESCRIPTION
A military airfield, opened in 1943 and closed in 1946. It conformed to the standard requirements for as United States Army Air Force bomber base, with three intersecting concrete runways and fifty hard standings. The technical site buildings were situated to the south east of the flying field, with one T2 type aircraft hangar there and one on the western edge of the flying field. Both have been dismantled. There was a bomb dump to the eastern side of the flying field, with a fuel dump and firing butts to the north east. Dispersed administrative, communal and barracks area were situated to the south. Wartime construction methods typically involved the use of "temporary materials" for many building types. The airfield may have initially been used for Royal Air Force training, but was mainly used by the 8th Air Force's 401st Bombardment Group who flew B17G Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft. One of the 255 missions, including raids on major German cities and industrial targets such as the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt. The airfield was designated Station 128 by the Americans. After the Americans left in 1945, the base was no longer used for flying but became a Royal Air Force recruitment centre, before closing officially in 1946. After this date the control tower continued to be used by the Royal Observer Corps- it was demolished in 1996. In 1963 the site was sold and part of the main south-west to north-east aligned runway has been used as a private airstrip.
The Cache can be found just along the road towards Upper Benefleid, There is parking at the cache for the 'find'.
Around the Memorial are a number of Granite posts.
A = number of posts in front row. B = number of posts on left behind the front row.
N52 29.(A+B+B)(A-B)(A+A) W000 34.(A+A)(A+A-B)B. Checksum = 58.
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