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If they need any parts they may have struck lucky:

If they need any parts they may have struck lucky:

I thought the Rover 600s had all gone by now but it seems I was wrong. This is a fairly early one and its last MOT expired in June 2007 so it has been lying idle collecting dust somewhere for many years: That hasn't turned for a long time:

As a footnote, the Officers' Mess at the former RAF Scampton was designated as a Grade II listed building by Historic England last month and it should therefore avoid the fate of the one featured here...

This is another photo from the same set taken over 80 years ago - note the dark camouflage paint on the brickwork on the upper left: The young airmen have all faded into history but the camouflage paint hasn't quite faded and is still protecting the building from Luftwaffe raids that will...

The derelict Mess was once the home of Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC although this was before the formation of 617 Squadron and the famous Dams raid in May 1943. The photo below was taken in early 1943 and shows him standing outside the Mess entrance with some of his fellow officers - note the...

The corridors have rooms leading off them that would have been dining rooms, lounges and anterooms where officers could sit in a comfortable armchair drinking tea, reading the newspaper, smoking their pipe and generally unwinding:

At the rear of the entrance hall there are corridors leading off to the left and right:

The entrance hall where the arch theme from the doorways continues:

Some of these WW2 buildings really were built to last. From the mid-1930s onwards and with war looking increasingly likely, the Government embarked on an ambitious program of airfield construction which was intended to allow for a huge increase in the strength of the RAF and in the number of...

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