Dunkeswell: near the airport
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Dunkeswell: near the airport
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 29 Jun 2006
By the road from Honiton to Wellington and close to the entrance for Dunkeswell Kart Racing Club. A light aircraft heads for the north-south runway. Dunkeswell was constructed as an airfield in 1941-2 and was initially used by the USAAF and US Navy on anti-submarine operations – from 1943
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Image Location
Latitude
50.868922
Longitude
-3.234883