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Originally Posted by Sanjuro
I used to have an overlay of all the UK airfields there have ever been- including fakes built during WW2 to divert attacks from real airfields. I haven't checked this link http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/0.../UK/ukmenu.htmfor safety, but it claims to be the zip file required.
Another personal favourite airfield was RAF Binbrook, in Lincolnshire- home of the Lightning until its retirement in the 80s. As an optimised Air Defence station, it might have returned to use in the run-up to the Twilight War.
Some of the RAF stations you have listed are not actually airbases- High Wycombe is an admin support station (although there is an airfield nearby, at Booker on the western side of High Wycombe). West Drayton, although not an airfield, would have been a valid target, as it was the main Air Traffic Control Centre for military aircraft in England and Wales (and was colocated with the civilian London ATCC).
All this is just nitpicking though- an excellent piece of work, and if I can ever find a GM I'll point him at this thread (and pretend I never read it).  |
Hi Sanjuro,
I'm aware that High Wycombe and West Drayton are not flying bases, but as their RAF I was unsure wither to classify them as military or air bases, so I just went with air bases in the end. Both bases were fairly important during the Cold War. High Wycombe was and still is the main RAF control base with a lot of powerful communication equipment, and West Drayton monitored all air traffic coming into UK airspace.
RAF Binbrook would probably be a legitimate RAF air base in 2TK, in fact even today the base and runway still largely stands and could be quickly reconverted. There are a few other former RAF bases that might be included, but their is so much to cover its hard to its hard to get it 100% the first time, but I will be happy to update it for anyone.
High Wycombe itself would also be a legitimate surving town in its own right with a population close to 100,000, so I must update that to.
On a side note; through looking more deeply at British military bases there are a lot of little known bunkers complexes that have turned up across the UK that's worth a mention. Makes you wonder what the British government was up to during the Cold War, and what's still out there. I can't find any information on it at the moment, but I saw something on TV a while back about a top secret base beneath an RAF air base with its own underground railway system. Does anyone know about it?