Talk:RAF Bassingbourn

Latest comment: 10 years ago by Lidos in topic Sources

Sources

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I could not locate a definitive source for the history of this station. The article reflects details gleaned from a variety of text and visual sources. Havelaar's book was excellent for its aerial photographs of Bassingbourn. Roger Freeman provided details of Class A standards and construction dates. The RAF squadron history acted as a "reverse directory" for details on the base. The ATF Bassingbourn website was invaluable for gelling it all together and I hope someone will do a related article on ATF Bassingbourn (I don't know if I can do it justice, although I am fascinated by a regiment that targets basic training specifically for 16-year-old recruits). I do want to give credit to the 91st Bomb Group Association web page. On its extensive page of stories about the 91st was an article by Kathleen Dodkin, who was a secretary for John Laing & Son during the building of the airfield in 1937-38.--Buckboard 13:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

The best source is Bassingbourn (Airfield Focus No 2) by Hamlin, John F. and Simons, Graham M. Publ. GMS Enterprises, Bretton, Peterborough, UK. 1992. Yes, it's a book you have to find in a library. Sorry, I don't have a copy.--Lidos (talk) 08:40, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Photos

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Thanx for the photographs--they add much to the article. However their captions were incorrect in a number of ways and were corrected. BTW, the first number of the serial number on the tail is the year, i.e. 231909 is (19)42-31909.--Buckboard 06:23, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

94th Bombardment Group

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I addded a link to 94th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II) but this page 3.2 refers to it as a Group? Which is correct?--Lidos (talk) 08:36, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Reply