IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Colmworth Road, BEDFORD, MK44 2BZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Colmworth Road, MK44 2BZ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (9 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Entering Little Staughton
From the south, on the road from Colmworth.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 12 Nov 2017
0.03 miles
2
Bridleway to The Wickey Farm
Off Top End the bridleway to The Wickey Farm
Image: © Shaun Ferguson
Taken: 23 Feb 2010
0.16 miles
3
Farm nameboard.
The Wickey Farm namboard at the head of the farm road.
Image: © Mike Fowkes
Taken: 13 May 2006
0.17 miles
4
USAAF / RAF Little Staughton memorial
Becoming a little overgrown there is a closer view of the memorial https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6370963
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 18 Jan 2020
0.18 miles
5
RAF Little Staughton Pathfinders memorial
The airfield was first handed over to the United States Army Air Forces in 1942.
1st Bomb Wing USAAF.
2nd Advanced Air Depot USAAF.
RAF Little Staughton was returned to the Royal Air Force on 1 March 1944.
No. 47 Group Communications Flight.
No. 48 Group Communications Flight.
No. 109 Squadron RAF from 2 April 1944 with the de Havilland Mosquito XVI before being disbanded on 30 April 1945.
No. 582 Squadron RAF formed at the airfield on 1 April 1944 with the Avro Lancaster Mks I and III before being disbanded on 10 September 1945.
The airfield was placed into care and maintenance in 1945 and during the 1950s the United States Air Force extended the runway for use for Jet aircraft in emergency circumstances however in the late 1950s they handed the airfield back to the RAF and it was eventually closed and sold.
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 18 Jan 2020
0.18 miles
6
Little Staughton
Memorial to 109 and 582 squadrons of the Royal Air Force at the perimeter of what used to be their wartime aerodrome.
Image: © Mike Fowkes
Taken: 13 May 2006
0.18 miles
8
RAF Little Staughton memorial
The stone reads "RAF Little Staughton 102 and 582 Squadrons and Group Path Finder Force Bomber Command 1944-1945"
Between 1942 and 1944 the airfield was used by USAAF for repairing aircraft. It was returned to the RAF in 1944.
Image: © Bikeboy
Taken: 30 May 2015
0.19 miles
9
Hangar on the industrial estate
From the memorial of RAF Little Staughton looking to the hangar on the now industrial estate
Image: © Shaun Ferguson
Taken: 23 Feb 2010
0.24 miles