EAW006506 ENGLAND (1947). A large selection of military aircraft stored at RAF Little Rissington Airfield, Great Rissington, from the west, 1947

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Title [EAW006506] A large selection of military aircraft stored at RAF Little Rissington Airfield, Great Rissington, from the west, 1947
Reference EAW006506
Date 31-May-1947
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Place name GREAT RISSINGTON
Parish GREAT RISSINGTON
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 420705, 217745
Longitude / Latitude -1.69932475868, 51.857466067018
National Grid Reference SP207177

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PILLBOX (TYPE CP/6/40/111): e34906

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Thursday 15th of July 2021 10:49:32 PM
Every visible aircraft in this picture is a Vickers Wellington of one type or another.

ken
Monday 20th of July 2015 12:11:19 PM
Squadron code TY. Probably No. 24 Operational Training Unit, RAF

MB
Saturday 9th of November 2013 01:28:53 PM
Squadron code KO - probably. KO represented No. 115 Squadron RAF, which flew Vickers Wellington bombers until March 1943, when replaced by Avro Lancasters

MB
Saturday 9th of November 2013 01:27:47 PM

User Comment Contributions

Mostly, if not all, Vickers Wellington bombers

longshot
Monday 4th of November 2013 06:07:40 PM