[Photo] View of the control tower at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945. Note line of 91st Bomb Group “hack” aircraft: Piper L-4 Grasshopper, Noordyne O-64 Norseman, P-47 Thunderbolt, and Cessna UC-78 Bobcat.

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View of the control tower at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945. Note line of 91st Bomb Group “hack” aircraft: Piper L-4 Grasshopper, Noordyne O-64 Norseman, P-47 Thunderbolt, and Cessna UC-78 Bobcat. ww2dbase

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Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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1. Don says:
20 Oct 2020 08:31:26 AM

Tower location today:

52°05'48.0"N 0°03'11.0"W
Bassingbourn, Royston, UK

https://goo.gl/maps/VPdFD42ANUZpuPZM9

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WW2-Era Place Name	Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Lat/Long	52.0935, -0.0499

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