Brize Norton & Bampton Station
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Brize Norton & Bampton Station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 27 Mar 1961
View westward, towards Fairford; ex-GWR Oxford - Witney - Fairford branch, closed completely 18/6/62. The station was called plain 'Bampton' until 1940. On the right is RAF Brize Norton, which at the time of the photograph the USAF (Strategic Air Command) was occupying, with its nuclear-capable bombers.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.752046
Longitude
-1.558992