Former RAF Houses, Lytham Road, Warton, near Preston
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Former RAF Houses, Lytham Road, Warton, near Preston
Image: © Terry Robinson Taken: 1 Oct 2013
Warton Airfield - now the BAe Systems site - was originally constructed as an RAF Warton which served as a 'satellite' airfield for the RAF Coastal Command based at Squires Gate***, near Blackpool. This row of houses and an estate of similar housing situated on land behind these, were constructed as housing for the 'rank and file' RAF personnel based at the site** They are now owned by the local Council or have been purchased and are owned privately. ** The Officers and NCO's were based at another nearby location ... see ... Image *** Now the site of Blackpool's Squires Gate Airport See also ... Image Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.750725
Longitude
-2.890447