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RAF Felixstowe To Close Later This Year

1961 , Felixstowe (Suffolk)

Cat no. 111079

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Scenes of the buildings of RAF Felixstowe including aerial views from a helicopter.

Film to accompany an Anglia Television news story about the planned closure of RAF Felixstowe. Sign at entrance of RAF Station Felixstowe and pan over buildings around gate. Main building with two flags, the RAF Ensign and Group Captain’s pennant, flying from a flagpole on the forecourt. An RAF helicopter takes off and flies away over the sea. Aerial views of the RAF Station and surrounding area. Close-up of the helicopter pilot. An aerial view of the vast hangars on the seafront.

Keywords

Royal Air Force; Airfields; Air bases; Helicopters; Aerial Views

Background Information

Initially commissioned in 1913 as a base for seaplanes, RAF Felixstowe closed on 21 June 1962. The site is now the Port of Felixstowe, with nothing remaining of the hangars, slipways and jetties.

Manifestations

RAF Felixstowe To Close Later This Year

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