British army dump - Finds over last few months - PIC HEAVY

During WW2 U.K. airfields sometimes had what are known as "Satellite" airfields a few miles away from the main base and there were sometimes several "Satellites" per main base. The "Satellites" didn't usually duplicate all the facilities of the main base such as administration/maintenance but they did provide extra space to store and operate aircraft from.

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Originally Posted by Flying10uk

I expect that there are plenty of places in the U.S. where old military kit lies buried and undiscovered at sites where there use to be a military base or camp. It is just a case of knowing where to look and most important of all getting permission to dig from the authorities/land owner. There are many places in the U.K. where there use to be military bases at one time or other but the land owner probably wouldn't be at all happy to find people digging deep holes in his land.

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That's true almost everywhere there were bases or camps during WWII. Take Lidcombe (NSW) for instance. Carnarvon Golf Course is built on what was a WWII army camp. Bankstown Aerodrome was a RAAF station during WWII. Camden aerodrome was an auxiliary landing field, and there was an Army Camp right next to Liverpool railway station.

There were heaps of auxiliary landing fields near main aerodromes since aircraft needed someplace to divert to in case of weather or - as in the U.K. battle damage.

Imagine the lost, now buried kit littering Egypt after having been occupied and fought over during two world wars and the Suez campaign.