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File:Woodbridge ELG aerial photograph WWII IWM C 5483.jpg

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English: IWM caption : Woodbridge ELG (lower left) was specially built as the first of three Bomber Command emergency runways for damaged allied aircraft returning from operations over Europe. It was opened in No. 3 Group, Bomber Command, on 15 November 1943 and was administered as a satellite of RAF Bentwaters (upper right). Dispersal loops, onto which crashed bombers were taken and serviceable aircraft parked, adjoin the south side of the single large runway (3,000 yards long x 250 yards wide).
Date between circa 1943 and circa 1945
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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This photograph C 5483 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Royal Air Force official photographer
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