Raf Milfield, Northumberland

[borderglider]

I am a glider pilot at Borders (Milfield) Gliding Club, near Wooler, which was RAF Milfield during WWII.

It was a specialist training base for pilots converting from Spitfires and Hurricanes to heavier and more powerful fighter bombers - Typhoons and Tempests. It also was the focus for tactical air fighting courses and for specialist low-level ground attack courses.

There is an excellent website detailing all the history here:

http://www.milfield.org.uk/

We are trying to put together a photographic archive of the wartime years, but so far have found very few photos of aircraft or aircrew - apart from a sequence donated to us by a Martinet crew.

If anyone has any photos of RAF Milfield I would be very grateful to hear of them.

Many thanks

borderglider (graham)

[Chris Davies]

Hi Graham,

Try contacting the RAF Air Histories Branch & RAF Museum Hendon.
be specific rather than generic when asking, but you will find them to be a great help.

Chris

[AlanW]

Graham,
Also try the Imperial War Museum website, in their collections database, type in Milfield and there's several nice photos.

[Oggie2620]

Might be worth putting something in the local paper/village newsletter as well (oh and check their archives first). Is there a local museum as they sometimes have stuff in their archive too.
Dee

[jonny]

No pics, but I have a logbook to one of the Flight Commanders there. Happy to do you some scans.

Rgds

Jonny