A bit of history ,Coningsby has been a fighter station since the Phantom arrived in the late 1960s, followed by the Tornado and now the Typhoon. In 1976 - Coningsby became home to the world-famous RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.RAF Coningsby was built just before World War Two and became the home of 617 Squadron (known as the Dambusters) during the second half of the war.
The explore after seeing behind closed doors write up it was on the list to do, we also went to raf manby. With a 2 hour trip there we got a few spots done, the site has a peaceful mood about it. There was a few people walking there dogs around the site so we just stayed away from the perimeter to not get spotted.After a disappointed visit to manby this was a great find.
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The explore after seeing behind closed doors write up it was on the list to do, we also went to raf manby. With a 2 hour trip there we got a few spots done, the site has a peaceful mood about it. There was a few people walking there dogs around the site so we just stayed away from the perimeter to not get spotted.After a disappointed visit to manby this was a great find.
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