DND photo.

DND photo.

Gate-guard at the now-closed RAF North Luffenham.

North Luffenham opened in December 1940 as a training airfield, mainly with Tiger Moths though later Avro Manchesters and Wellingtons were based there. The concrete runways seen here were constructed in 1943 after which it was used by DC3s and heavy gliders such as Horsas and Hamilcars. It is now and Army base. In the top left two Austers, a J1N G-AJYB and Mark 3 G-BUDL can be seen awaiting our joining them in Auster AOP 9 G-AVHT for an air to air photography session. Man-made Rutland Water can be seen in the background

Built by Armstrong-Whitworth. Gate guardian at RAF North Luffenham wearing the markings of 25 Squadron, which it served when operational.

North Luffenham in Rutland opened as a training base in 1940 but it became a heavy bomber base in 1944 after hard runways were laid. The airfield closed in 1997 when it became an Army base, St George's Barracks