Airfield Collection

HMS Daedalus 27562_011
HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire. Originally established in 1917 as a base for Fleet Air Arm seaplanes. It continued in service as a base for the RAF and Royal Navy until 1996

Solar farm at Lyneham 29617_001
RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, 2015. The solar farm

Bristol Brabazon JLP01_08_070272
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. The Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW on the runway at Filton Airfield. The first prototype of the Bristol Brabazon, designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company

Manchester Airport 35014_005
Manchester Airport, Manchester, 2021

RAF Church Fenton 28531_015
RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, 2014

Roofing JLP01_08_008427
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A man fitting corrugated roofing panels onto the roof of a newly constructed building at Gaydon Airfield

RAF Cark 34119_030
Cark Airfield, a WWII military airfield known as RAF Cark, Cumbria, 2019

Birmingham International Airport 33658_014
Birmingham International Airport, West Midlands. Aeroplanes at Terminals One and Two, 2018

Disused hangar DP275584
Old Sarum Airfield, Hanger 3, Laverstock, Wiltshire. Interior view of the south-east hangar at Hangar 3, Old Sarum Airfield, showing Belfast roof trusses above an old car in the foreground

Thor Missile Site 33881_022
Remains of part of the Thor Missile Site at RAF Harrington, Northamptonshire, 2020

Thor Missile Site 33881_017
Remains of part of the Thor Missile Site at RAF Harrington, Northamptonshire, 2020

Thor Missile Site 33881_016
Remains of the Pyrotechnic Store and Classified Storage Building at the Thor Missile Site at RAF Harrington, Northamptonshire, 2020

Thor Missile Site 33881_006
Remains of part of the Thor Missile Site at RAF Harrington in use between 1959 and 1963, Northamptonshire, 2020

Barton Aerodrome Control Tower PLA01_04_049
Barton Aerodrome, Control Tower, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester. Barton Aerodrome Control Tower, seen from the seen-east

Disused missile base 33983_014
Former Thor Missile site at the now disused RAF North Luffenham Airfield, Edith Weston, Rutland, 2020. Thor were ballistic nuclear missiles deployed in Britain between 1959 and 1963

Wroughton Airfield solar farm 33080_016
Wroughton Airfield solar farm, Swindon, 2016

Acaster Malbis Airfield 34097_020
Acaster Malbis Airfield, former site of World War II battle headquarters, Acaster Marshes, North Yorkshire, 2018

Runway construction JLP01_08_008192
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A man standing on a roller during the laying of asphalt on a new runway under construction at Gaydon Airfield

Runway construction JLP01_08_008198
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A man working during the construction of Gaydon Airfield, using a lever tool to remove a rivet fastening from shuttering formwork running along

Concrete foundations JLP01_08_008177
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. Men carrying out construction work at Gaydon Airfield, pouring and levelling concrete during the concreting of a buildings footprint

Runway construction JLP01_08_007948
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. Work underway on the construction of a new runway at Gaydon Airfield

Compacting the runway JLP01_08_022162a
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A workman operating a Holman compactor during concreting of a runway or aircraft apron at Gaydon Airfield

Carpentry JLP01_08_008287
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A workman using an electric circular saw to cut wood for use in the construction of buildings at Gaydon Airfield

Derrick cranes JLP01_01_007_21
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. An aerial view showing derrick cranes and a concrete batching plant amid heaps of aggregate at Filton Airfield, during the construction of a new runway

Runway construction JLP01_01_007_05
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. An aerial view showing trucks and workmen on the runway at Filton Airfield during concreting

Runway construction JLP01_01_007_01
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. An aerial view from the west showing the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Compacting machinery JLP01_01_006_44
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A 10 ton rubber tyred wobble wheel roller, pulled by a caterpillar tractor, compacting ground during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Sheepsfoot roller JLP01_01_006_42
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A sheepsfoot roller carrying out compaction work during the construction of the runway at Filton

Concrete batching plant JLP01_01_006_09
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A concrete batching plant, with a Laing truck being loaded in the foreground, at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway

Loading a lorry JLP01_01_005_35
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A dragline excavator depositing material from a bucket into a flatbed van during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Refuelling JLP01_01_004_73
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A Laing face shovel excavator refuelling from a 750 gallon tanker at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway

Lorries JLP01_01_005_19
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Rapid Concrete Breaking Co Ltd trucks at Filton Airfield during construction of a runway, with construction work in progress beyond

British Industries Fair EAW043043
The British Industries Fair Exhibition Hall, Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, 1952. The fair operated for two weeks each year from 1920 to 1957

Hangars 33807_028
Hullavington Airfield, Wiltshire. An aircraft hangar being returfed, 2019

Hangars 33807_024
Hullavington Airfield, Wiltshire. Repurposed aircraft hangars with restoration in progress, 2019

Hangars 33807_022
Hullavington Airfield, Wiltshire. Repurposed aircraft hangar, 2019

Airlander 10 33239_049
Cardington, Bedfordshire. Airlander 10, a hybrid airship, 2016

Birmingham International Airport 33658_013
Birmingham International Airport, West Midlands. Aeroplanes at Terminals One and Two, 2018

Chalgrove Airfield 33634_083
Chalgrove Airfield, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, 2018. The manufacturing, support and testing facility of Martin-Baker Aircraft Co, designers and manufacturers of ejection and crashworthy seats

Wroughton Airfield 29613_039
Wroughton Airfield, Swindon, 2015

Wroughton Airfield 29614_027
Wroughton Airfield, Swindon, 2015

Yorkshire Air Museum 28961_013
Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, York, 2017. The Yorkshire Air Museum is on the site of former RAF Elvington, a World War Two airfield. SE6748

RAF Bicester raf_8otu_fno_48_po_3019
Bicester Airfield, Launton, Oxfordshire. During the Second World War RAF Bicester was used by Bomber Command for training

Brabazon Hangar DP137889
Brabazon Hangar, Filton Airport, Bristol, Somerset. General view of hangar. Post War Buildings

Thurleigh Airfield, Bedford 18945_22
Bedford Airfield, Bedfordshire. Thurleigh Airbase hosted the 8th US Airforce during the Second World War and was known as station 111

Wroughton Airfield Solar Park 29714_046
Wroughton Airfield Solar Park, Wiltshire. Solar farm shown under construction in February 2016. It was energised just over a month later. Some of the hangars are used by the Science Museum

Long Newnton Airfield 27446_039
Long Newnton, Gloucestershire. Solar farm on the site of the former RAF airfield

Greenham Common 27439_046
Greenham Common, West Berkshire. Former RAF and USaF airfield, with the GAMA Complex (cruise missile storage bunkers) to one side. The airfield was operational between 1942 and 1993

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