Could it be Blackpool, or Blackbrook?
2006-10-16 12:24:16 · 5 answers · asked by john s 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Was called Burtonwood...on the outskirts of Warrington, Lancashire. The area it covered was simply HUGE!..large enough to build a small town . Infact in the 80's they sold off most of the land for housing /industry /retail. I worked there in he 80's for a housing developer . There was still a small USAF base there.
As you know this was the main landing area for the USAF during WW2 for armaments etc.
2006-10-16 12:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by baz 9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see this site loads . its visible when you travel on the M62 out/in to Liverpool. The motorway services Burtonwood are very close . I heard during the cold war there where nuclear weapons held there,therefore causing Liverpool to be on the Soviet bomb list . The site still has visible massive aircraft hangers wich always make me shudder to think what the hell was once held there . Is it still US owned ?
2006-10-16 20:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by RockManRock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure it was in northwest England?
The Usaf used the raf base at Valley on Angelsey, Wales
http://www.rafvalley.org/unitshistory.htm
2006-10-16 19:55:32 · answer #3 · answered by championis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burtonwood, closed in 1993
2006-10-18 14:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by Conservative 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's definitely RAF Burtonwood; we used to send faulty electrical goods up there and had two enormous bomber hangars to store them in.
2006-10-16 21:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by prakdrive 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋