AVIATION NORTH-WEST
A LOOK AROUND VARIOUS AIRFIELDS OF NORTH-WEST ENGLAND
ANW SITE INDEX BURTONWOOD BURTONWOOD

BWD.1 INDEX
Following President de Gaulle's decision to remove all American bases from France in the early '60s, the U.S.Army
56th A.A.D set up an air base at the former RAF/USAF airfield at Burtonwood. The U.S. Army operated a based CH-34C
and U-1A Otter for here, with visiting U-8B Seminole comms flights from Germany. [Photo © Paul Tomlin - May 20, 1967]