WWII Dorset: discovering RAF Warmwell (12)
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WWII Dorset: discovering RAF Warmwell (12)
Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 10 Jan 2020
- The Airfield - Aircraft "tie downs" Here in the south east corner of the airfield are a number of concrete blocks that have been excavated by the developer of the land. These are aircraft "tie-down" anchors that were used to secure parked aircraft to minimise the possibility of untoward movement due to high winds or propeller wash. They would have originally been sunk into the ground at the dispersals below the aircraft, the tops of the anchoring points flush with the surface. Today, the site of the former airfield is either under development, or subject to extensive quarrying, the latter activity has unfortunately all but obliterated much of what used to remain. Image
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