RAF Bassingbourn, USAAF Station 121 - Ghost Stories

After 3 sleepless nights i have completed this far quicker than i would have thought possible

Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire, just to the north of Royston was an expansion period airfield opened in march 1938 but was most famous for being the home of the USAAF 91st Bomb Group from October 1942 until June 1945 when the airfield was handed back to the RAF

August 29the 1969 The last RAF Commanding Officer, Sqn Ldr A.M. McGregor MBE, turned over the station to the Royal Anglian Regiment, the Queen's Division and Bassingbourn became an Army base

it has kept its RAF links by becoming the home of 2484 (Bassingbourn) Squadron Air Training Corps.

Bassingbourn was the home of the Memphis Belle and footage for the 1944 film was shot here, The airfield was also extensively used for the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket