former RAF Twinwood Farm

 Second World War 1939-1945, abandoned / shut down, RAF - Royal Air Force, draw only border, former air force base

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RAF Twinwood Farm is a former World War II airfield in England, located 4 mi (6.4 km) north of Bedford. For the majority of the war the airfield was home to RAF night fighters. Twinwood Farm opened in mid 1941 when the RAF began to use the grassed field. By April 1942 it had three concrete runways and additional temporary buildings. From then until the end of the war the Blenheims, Beaufighters, Beauforts, Havocs and Mosquitos of No 51 Operational Training Unit used 'Twinwoods', as it was generally known.

This is the airfield where Glenn Miller boarded his last and fateful flight. On August 27th 1944,Glenn Miller performed a concert for the aircrews using two trailers as a stage next to Twinwood Control Tower. It was at the Control Tower that Glenn Miller was last seen alive on a bleak day in December 1944. From here he flew to his death with two others in a Norseman - a small single engine aircraft en route to Paris to lead his orchestra.

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