Courtesy of Mr John O'Meara
Left - Part of one of the railway platforms and buildings, later made into a N.C.O`s Club? The railway line itself, had been torn up and sold as scrap, long before my time 1959. This had been on the orders of a major in the R.E. The profits going to a very small circle of people. The Major himself was later Court Marshalled.
Right - Napier Barracks.
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Right - The swimming pool emptied out. Right - Original airfield Control Tower.
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Left - Part of the original runway, taken from the east.
Right - The Luftwaffe long distance aircraft firing range (full of spent rusty cannon shells). Another one of these type ranges can be found on the Fallingbostel Various pages.
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Left -Exit door through the side bank of the Medium firing range, and down steps to the target pit.
Right - The Long distance firing range. This shows the wheel depressions, set in the concrete at various distances from the target area (target pit), for the aircraft being tested. The wheel depressions possibly placed for a FW 190 aircraft.
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Left - The original steel gas and fire proof door (33 persons).
Right - An air raid shelter under one of the barrack blocks.
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The following photographs are kind courtesy of The Association of 36 Heavy Air Defence Regiment RA. Thank you to them. They can be found at www.36regimentra.org.uk