RAF Balderton Documentary (final version)

A 34 minute documentary covering the history and operation of Royal Air Force Station Balderton or more simply RAF Balderton - A former RAF station located 2 miles south of Newark on Trent, England.
RAF Balderton was a Major USAF location for Allied operations during World War II including operations Overlord (D-Day) and Operation 'Market'.
The airfield was also used for development trial flights of Frank Whittle's prototype jet aircraft. Ths documentary tells the story of RAF Balderton from it's early days as a grass airfield until it's final days when it was used for munitions storage and temporary housing.
The documentary includes many photographs taken at RAF Balderton during WWII and also covers what remains of the airfield today.
RAF Balderton Research Group 2017
Editing and Production by Ashley Irons.
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View count on previous upload of the documentary: 806 views

[@grahamfisher5436]

I'm from Newark-on-Trent 😊

[@jackmckinnon8256]

thank you for posting this , it fascinating and very well done . thank you

[@AshleyIrons]

Your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jameslong3663]

@@AshleyIrons Thank for this airons. Where did you find all this information? My father was stationed there briefly in April of 44 with the 439th TCG/91st Squadron. Would like to hear back from you ([e-mail]).

[@AshleyIrons]

Hi James, I compiled the documentary for RAF Balderton Research Group. The photographs and information contained in the documentary were either found online or collected over the years by RAF Balderton Research Group. They have a facebook page and would be happy to hear from you.

[@bonnieharris3701]

My school is now built on top of this i remember they had to have the whole surrounding area cleared