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Aerial photograph of Aldermaston airfield looking south, C-47 Skytrains are parked on grass and Horsa gliders in the revetments, a B-17 Flying Fortress is taxying on the runway; the control tower is in the centre with T2 hangars above, 10 July 1946. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1646. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
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Aerial photograph of Aldermaston airfield looking south. This is post WW2 shot when the airfield had been taken over by BOAC as an aircrew training base. Dakotas, Vikings and Yorks were in use. The control tower is in the centre with T2 hangars above, 10 July 1946. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1646. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

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Date of photograph means the USAAF were long gone

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IWM, English Heritage Collection