EAW004184 ENGLAND (1947). Bristol Filton Airport showing the main runway being extended, Catbrain, from the west, 1947
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| Title | [EAW004184] Bristol Filton Airport showing the main runway being extended, Catbrain, from the west, 1947 |
| Reference | EAW004184 |
| Date | 10-April-1947 |
| Link | |
| Place name | CATBRAIN |
| Parish | ALMONDSBURY |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 357895, 180286 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.6069079640045, 51.519441013338 |
| National Grid Reference | ST579803 |
Pins
 2ndWW watch office. |
 redmist |
Saturday 14th of November 2020 02:20:43 PM |
| Approx location of a 2ndWW LAA (Bofors) gun position, (still surviving GE 2018). |
redmist |
Saturday 14th of November 2020 02:18:40 PM |
| CMP Ford F8. |
redmist |
Saturday 14th of November 2020 02:18:11 PM |
| 2ndWW Bofors Gun Tower. |
redmist |
Saturday 14th of November 2020 02:17:27 PM |
| 2ndWW Bofors Gun Tower. |
redmist |
Saturday 14th of November 2020 02:16:56 PM |
| Steam engine and truck/s. Strange little loop line here. Is this a temporary line, associated with the runway construction? |
MB |
Friday 6th of September 2013 12:06:21 AM |
| Looks like one of the hundreds of dumper lorries bringing aggregate for the runway. Incidentally I saw the Brabazon take off on its maiden flight eastwards. |
kent2 |
Wednesday 4th of September 2013 03:08:59 PM |
| Kingsway - where my mother, brother, late sister and me survived an almost hit in Sept 1940 air raid on Filton works. |
kent2 |
Wednesday 4th of September 2013 03:04:37 PM |
| RAF Filton |
kent2 |
Wednesday 4th of September 2013 03:00:49 PM |