Title

RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire, December 1943

Caption

RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire, December 1943. Opened in 1942, the airfield was used by the RAF and USAAF during the Second World War. It later became the controversial site for American Cruise missiles in the 1980s during the Cold War.

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B38_403

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

74,4Mb (4,3Mb) / 23,5in x 12,3in / 7040 x 3692 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation countryside England country British runway English rustic military war location Armed Forces berkshire century Britain wartime concept airfield B&W 1940s aerial view MONOCHROME Air Force Forties United States of America United States bird's eye view World War II World War two aerial photography WWII black & white black and white B W world war 2 airbase 20th century rural American America USA English Heritage decade Greenham Common Airbase rural life Second World War TGN WW2 photograph RAF Greenham Common 2nd World War USAAF Regionalism USAAF Photographer United States Army Air Force photograph