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The airbase that is home to the Red Arrows and from which the Dambusters raid was launched in the Second World War is to be sold to save money!
It's likely to prompt protest and Govt petition, though defence sources indicate that the cost of maintaining the site was no longer sustainable at a time of constrained MoD finances.
https://www.lincolnshire...-sold-2022-what-1818772
Surely its a site of historical significance, for starters, the original office of Guy Gibson still exists and has been remade to look as it was in 1943 which also overlooks the grave of Gibson's dog as made famous in the 1955 film The Dam Busters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qtgkZuUtZo
What with al the MoD cost-cutting, it beg's the question, can the UK afford to operate the F-35's well into the future?
How about they start with not wasting tax payers money..
http://www.dailymail.co....-used-Brits-abroad.html
What next for the site - Dambusters theme park?
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Also the closure of RAF Linton upon ouse, not as historically well known as Scampton but still a sad loss. https://www.yorkshirepos...rth-yorkshire-1-9266499
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What next for the site - Dambusters theme park? No, property investors building houses people can`t afford unless they are well off. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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And now, Scampton’s second Airshow is in doubt of taking place in 2019 after has emerged its director has stepped down from his post....
https://www.google.co.uk...unged-doubt-1815340.amp
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Rank: Administration Groups: Registered, Forum Support Team, Administrators, Global Forum Support Team, Moderator, Official Builds Joined: 09/11/2012 Posts: 8,034 Points: 23,181 Location: East midlands
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Deserting the sinking ship even in the RAF.  Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Scampton sale mourned by the locals:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/ne...nd-lincolnshire-44938284Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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