Weybourne AA camp aka RAF Weybourne

[Motormouse]

Another one I'm working on; on the north Norfolk coast was officially the RAF's smallest airfield in WW2; used for launching and recovery of DH82 / Queen Bee drones for the co-located trainee AA gunners to shoot at
from wiki ---->

'X' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit were based at the station between 16 May and 14 September 1939, with 'T' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit there between 25 February and 29 April 1942. No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit were based there between 7 December 1942 and 30 November 1943.^[2]
Associated with the anti-aircraft gunnery, the station operated the De Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee target drone aircraft, a radio-controlled target version of the Tiger Moth II.


Later reports suggest Miles Magister were also based there; the drones were catapult launched and if not shot down were recovered to the beach or the airstrip (anyone know if there is a model of a shore / ships' catapult anywhere?)

The camp remained open until 1958 in same role; and a cold war radio location station (parented by Neatishead) was established, using the former AA gun laying radars,
and later type 93 radar. This closed in 1996

it's today home to the Muckleburgh Military vehicle collection, the airstrip (code GB184) is PPR for light aircraft and it looks like the owners have a helipad on site too

ttfn

Pete

[Miggers]

How's these grab Pete?
Taken at Weybourne too.

[Miggers]

Couple more for you,

[Miggers]

There is one DH82B Queen Bee in captivity for certain(there maybe more),LF858/G-BLUZ:

https://www.airteamimages.com/de-hav...ce_268209.html

She's been converted back to a two seat DH82A configuration,but was originally built as a DH82B.

[Motormouse]

Haven't seen those..I've seen similar with Winston Churchill stood alongside the catapult
N 1846 is recorded as being allocated to #1 AACU
I can probably paint up a floaty tiger ( Bill Lyons one) I need a catapult to sit it on .

I can place a Bessoneau hangar now too

Thanks


Pete

[Miggers]

Haven't seen those..I've seen similar with Winston Churchill stood alongside the catapult
N 1846 is recorded as being allocated to #1 AACU
I can probably paint up a floaty tiger ( Bill Lyons one) I need a catapult to sit it on .

I can place a Bessoneau hangar now too

Thanks


Pete

You can knock one up surely?
Work out the dims from a known object(the QB).

[Motormouse]

You can knock one up surely?
Work out the dims from a known object(the QB).

Wouldn't know where to start...

Ttfn

Pete