EAW006505 ENGLAND (1947). A large selection of military aircraft stored at RAF Little Rissington Airfield, Great Rissington, 1947

Title	[EAW006505] A large selection of military aircraft stored at RAF Little Rissington Airfield, Great Rissington, 1947
Reference	EAW006505
Date	31-May-1947
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Place name	GREAT RISSINGTON
Parish	GREAT RISSINGTON
District
Country	ENGLAND
Easting / Northing	420831, 216872
Longitude / Latitude	-1.6975476606877, 51.849611501029
National Grid Reference	SP208169

Vickers Wellington with ASV aerials on fuselage. Report as Inappropriate	ken	Monday 20th of July 2015 12:07:58 PM
A couple of the planes look like they still have their D-day stripes painted on the wings Report as Inappropriate	Dave	Wednesday 26th of March 2014 12:23:41 PM
Squadron code VB. Could represent No. 14 Operational Training Unit, RAF; or might represent No 221 Squadron, which served in Coastal Command, flying Wellingtons, in World War II - in which case the colour scheme/livery would have been different? Report as Inappropriate	MB	Saturday 9th of November 2013 01:40:03 PM
Most likely a 14 Operational Training Unit aircraft. Little Rissington was, at this time, No. 8 Aircraft Storage Unit; later renamed No. 8 Maintenance Unit. The majority of these Wellingtons were broken up at Field Nine, Barrington Bushes to the south of the airfield. Evidence of Field Nine taxiways are still visible on Google Earth. Report as Inappropriate	calladhor	Saturday 1st of February 2014 10:11:19 AM

There must be approaching 100 aircraft here, shame to think that there are only two complete airframes surviving, one of which was recovered from the bottom of a loch!	mcgeacs	Monday 28th of April 2014 09:13:46 PM
I counted over 100 in just the closest field, over 650+ altogether including the ones in the distance.	Martin D	Monday 28th of April 2014 09:13:46 PM
Mostly, if not all, Vickers Wellington bombers	longshot	Monday 4th of November 2013 06:06:00 PM