Sub Station, Latrines, Link Trainer (May 2013).
Entrance Way; Blister Hanger & Annex Maintenance (May 2013).
South Side.
Latrines, RAF Mess & other Buildings (May 2013).
North Side - Aerodrome.
Raf Sewerage Plant - they thought of everything (May 2013).
Sewerage.
Guard Hut No 2 Windows. South Side; Located beside bridleway (May 2013).
Blister Hanger Storage in foreground; Blister Hanger & Annex Maintenance.
Inside Perimeter leading up to North Side in direction of Police Flying Club.
Sub Station, South Side (May 2013).
Library, located in Henry Wood, behind Lecture Block (May 2013).
Blister Hanger, Blister Hanger & Annex Maitenance & Post War Hanger
(May 2013).
Airstrip looking up to North Side where Duke of York visited in wartime.
The whole Espanse was used during the war, not just the strip you can see here.
DH Chip Munk at Panshanger, replacement of the Tiger Moth (2011).
'Control-Tower' Concrete Area is the actual inside ground floor, you can still see the floor tiles in places.
Looking through the WWII 'Lecture Block' (cafe) window at the 1950's Bellman Hanger.
1940's Link Trainer building (2010).
Blister Hangers with Parade Ground (on the left); 1950's hangers (back and right).
1942 Blister Hanger & Annex Maintenance.
Parade Ground
1942 Blister Hanger Storage, looking away from parade ground.
RAF Holwell Hyde - Location of the 1940 Decoy Factory.
Bunker on other side of park; has its own drainage, which I feel it was used in the deception plan to fool the German Bombers with the Decoy Factory.
1 of 3, 1942 'Blast Shelters', in Henry Wood, on the South Side - currently used site.
1942 Entrance to Link Trainer.
Unused 1942 Lecture Block opposite Link Trainer.
1942 Sub Station, Link Trainer behind to the right.
1942 Latrines, left of sub station.
1942 (1 of 2) Maintenance Annex.
1942 Maintenance Annex (2 of 2).
1942 Link Trainer in Henry Wood.
1950's Bellman 'T2' Hanger, looking across to the North Side.
Classic Airplanes at Panshanger (2011).
Holwell Hyde Heritage
Responsible department: Ministry of Defence
Preserving the Wartime Heritage of 'RAF Holwell Hyde' which was home to the Decoy Factory, which distracted German Bombs from the Mosquito Production Lines at
Hatfield De havilland; later to become RAF Panshanger and home to 'No 1 Elementary Flying Training School', which saw 5000 Pilot Officers pass through to receive their Wings and help win the Second World War, flying Tiger Moth Bi-Planes.
This RAF Station contributed to the National War Effort in its own right. This aerodrome's Wartime History has Not Been Addressed Properly or Protected From Past Development; this is an International Masterpiece, that Must be Preserved and Restored for future generations.
I want the Government to Start to Respect the 'Sacrifice Reminders' of Former RAF Aerodromes.
There is always a Cost to Freedom; let us not forget that Panshanger Aerodrome is still an important reminder of local sacrifices for the freedoms of all (2013).
Hatfield, De havilland 1948 Pre-Flight Hanger & Control Tower; right hand side of the building, the shutter doors are permanently open. This Picture gives you an idea of the size of the wartime hangers for which RAF Holwell Hyde was protecting, with the decoy factory at Panshanger. The Comet came through here!
The Panshanger Connection.
Smaller Building is the wartime 'De havilland Directors Entrance Gate House'
De havilland wartime Pond
Hatfield De havilland's Directors Offices; built in the 1930's. An 'Ack-Ack' Gun was on top, of the main entrance to the building.
Air Raid Shelter Ventilation; North Side of Panshanger Aerodrome.
Air Raid Ventilation (11th May 2013).
Entrance to Air Raid Shelter.
Aerodrome behind trees.
North Side -Air Raid Shelter (11th May 2013).
Blast Shelter No3 on South Side of Aerodrome, in Henry Wood (11th May 2013).
Blast Shelter NO3.
Blast Shelter NO3.
Overground Storage Tank.
Storage Tank.
Storage Tank on North Side.
Storage Tank-North Side (11th May 2013).
Rear of Blister Hanger Storage on South Side (11th May 2013).
Inside Perimeter Track which leads down to Guard Hut NO 2 (demolished).
Perimeter Track leading up to North Side of Aerodrome & buildings.
Location of 1960's Airshows (11th May 2013).
Underground Storage Tanks are located directly behind this marker.
Underground Storage Tanks Outlet.
Building has been removed.
North Side Blister Hanger 'B-Flight' (11th May 2013).
B-Flight Blister Hanger.
B-Flight Blister Hanger.
North Side'B-Flight Hanger' looking out across to South Side of Aerodrome.
Curtain (door) Pully System on B-Flight Blister Hanger.
B-Flight Blister Hanger.
Transport Shed on North Side.
Transport Shed.
North Side; the last Blister Hangers would be here.
North Side Blister Hanger with metal sheeting removed (11th May 2011).
Storage Tank, front building.
Mysterious Building on North Side - Bunker of some kind.
Perimeter Track before B-Flight Blister Hanger, pointing toward South Side.
Unusual Track Markings.
