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Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.

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Ploughed-Out Bomber Airbase

Category: Archaeology • History
Posted on: November 28, 2008 8:20 AM, by Martin R

Here's something pretty damn cool: Ossington airbase in Nottinghamshire, England. From 1942 to 1946 it was an RAF bomber airfield, and then it reverted to farmland. Just look at the big X on the aerial photograph from Google Maps. Six decades of abandonment, and it's an archaeological landscape!

Thanks to Kai for the tipoff.

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Of course every so often archeology turns back into an active airfield.

http://www.glide.co.uk/aboutus/history.aspx

A couple of months ago I actually met one of the old boys who flew mossies out of Gransden Lodge during WWII, his tales of engine failures on take off at night while carrying a full bomb load certainly put the challenges of winch launching into perspective!

Posted by: Paul Browne | November 28, 2008 11:06 AM

As stated by Jon's father (Jon's the owner of cartoon character, Garfield the cat) back in the 1960s: "Farm out, man!"

Posted by: DianaGainer | November 28, 2008 1:38 PM