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Harrier, yep a very interesting read, sure there were bomb and shell craters around the area of the runway from both the Vulcan raids and from naval gunfire, but as I said the runway itself wasn't touched and we/I saw no visible signs of repairs to the runway. Lets face it had they had to fill in a bomb crater it's not something one could miss, the repair would have been quit evident.
This one shows the runway was missed, but looking at the picture it is probably Black Buck 2 (see below. You can already see the runway has been repaired (but the miss craters are still visible.)
Sandgroper, hey that's the way it looks mate in the photos but I know what I saw. Could be the photos were doctored for the news and general public consumption (propaganda)? Hell I don't know, I just know what I saw and it doesn't tally with what was put out by the UK government at the time.
Not disagreeing with you Blu, you where there and I was still in primary school!
If we make the assumption it was hit, then it was with only one bomb and relatively early in the war (30th April?) - that makes it quite possible that it was quite well repaired by the time you got there. If you look at the two pictures, the craters near the runway match (apart from the one in the middle of the runway).
However, you where there, which makes anything I say pure speculation!
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