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A IRFIELD R ESEARCH G ROUP M AGAZINE . C ONTENTS TO J UNE 2017 Four Decades of the Airfield Research Group Magazine Contents Index from December 1977 to June 2017 1 9 7 7 1 9 8 7 1 9 9 7 6 pages 28 pages 40 pages © Airfield Research Group 2017 2 0 0 7 2 0 1 7 40 pages Version 2: July 2017 48 pages Page 1 File version: July 2017 A IRFIELD R ESEARCH G ROUP M AGAZINE . C ONTENTS TO J UNE 2017 AIRFIELD REVIEW The Journal of the Airfield Research Group The journal was initially called Airfield Report , then ARG Newsletter, finally becoming Airfield Review in 1985. The number of pages has varied from initially just 6, occasio- nally to up to 60 (a few issues in c.2004). Typically 44, recent journals have been 48. There appear to have been three versions of the ARG index/ table of contents produced for the magazine since its conception. The first was that by David Hall c.1986, which was a very detailed publication and was extensively cross-referenced. For example if an article contained the sentence, ‘The squadron’s flights were temporarily located at Tangmere and Kenley’, then both sites would appear in the index. It also included titles of ‘Books Reviewed’ etc Since then the list has been considerably simplified with only article headings noted. I suspect that to create a current cross-reference list would take around a day per magazine which equates to around eight months work and is clearly impractical. The second version was then created in December 2009 by Richard Flagg with help from Peter Howarth, Bill Taylor, Ray Towler and myself. A third index was then generated by the late Jim Hope in MS Excel spreadsheet format which made sorting by both date and article title very easy. Unfortunately it did not include numerous minor articles, many of which were extremely good. So, this list has been compiled from Richard’s 2009 list and has been significantly updated. It was found there were a lot of inconsistencies in that list (not in any way due to Richard). These included confusingly and incorrectly titled articles, e.g. there would be a ‘ Part 2 ’ but apparently no ‘Part 1 ’. (This was often due to the original article having a different title). Also many titles need augmenting, e.g. ‘ Two Control Towers’ (which two), Further Airfield Visits ? I have corrected a number of these, but there is still a lot more to be done; many titles offer no hint as to the article’s content. A title can be a multi-page in-depth article, or sometimes just a single fuzzy photograph. In essence each and every magazine needs to be appraised – a time-consuming job, akin to painting the Forth Bridge. Hence this document is still very much work-in-progress. It is hoped that a future version will correct a significant number of these inconsistencies. NB: the ‘regulars’ for the magazine are shown in green. Updated and reformatted: Graham Crisp, July 2017 Page 2 File version: July 2017 A IRFIELD R ESEARCH G ROUP M AGAZINE . C ONTENTS TO J UNE 2017 AIRFIELD REPORT VOLUME 1 NO.1 – APPROX DEC 1977? (AR1) Editorial Visiting Airfields SLGs and RLGs Are You Aware or Did You Know? AIRFIELD REPORT VOLUME 1 NO.2 – UNDATED (AR2) Editorial Broadwell Tower The Story of RAF Harrowbeer AIRFIELD REPORT THEN BECAME ARG NEWSLETTER ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 1 NO.3 – AUG 78 (AR3) Editorial Library Landings Where Have All the Aeroplanes Gone? Kings Cliffe – A Fighter Field Airfield Visit [Kings Cliffe] ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 1 NO.4 – UNDATED (AR4) Editorial Group Visits Library Landings Exchanging Airfield Photographs Chalgrove Airfield Unusual Buildings at Langham, Norfolk ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 1 NO.5 – DEC 1978 / JAN 1979 (AR5) Editorial Library Landings Horsham St Faith Aerial Airfield Photos Whitchurch Airport Kimbolton 1845 ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 1 NO.6 – UNDATED (AR6) Library Landings Editorial Horsham St Faith (Continued) RAF Bishop’s Court ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 2 NO.1 – OCT 78? (AR7) Editorial Library Landings Book Reviews Croydon Airport Society Working Day A Short History of RAF Digby RAF Station Worksop ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 2 NO.2 – UNDATED (AR8) Editorial Library Landings RAF Station Winthorpe ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 2 NO.3 – UNDATED (AR9) Editorial Thorpe Abbots A Visit to Framlingham Fowlmere, One or Two Airfields? Eight in Eight Hours (Notts / Leics area) The Half Moon Pub, Rushall ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 2 NO.4 – UNDATED (AR10) Editorial Library Landings Area Group Leaders Mayday Column Disappearing Airfields Airfield and Airport Information Services Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Desborough Page 1 File version: July 2017 A IRFIELD R ESEARCH G ROUP M AGAZINE . C ONTENTS TO J UNE 2017 ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 2 NO.5 – UNDATED (AR11) Editorial Mayday Column Bitteswell, Leicestershire Disappearing Airfields Airfield Names A Visit to Tangmere Fred Cubberley Describes his Tower Visits, 1978 Further Airfield Visits North Witham ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.6 – (AR12) NOT PUBLISHED ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.7 – U N DAT E D (AR13) Editorial AGM Mayday Column Library Landings Publications Received Airfield Plans Airfield Snippets ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.8 – U N DAT E D (AR14) Editorial Mayday Column Important News RAF Moreton-in-Marsh Are You Hung Up on Hangars? Airfield Snippets RAF Edgehill Where is that Hangar Now? ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.9 – U N DAT E D (AR15) Editorial Minutes of 1980 Meeting Mayday Column What Do You Want? ARG Raffle Airfield Snippets Extra Snippets Airfield Spotlight Airfields in Norfolk ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.10 – U N DAT E D (AR16) Editorial Book Review Memories Passing Airfields More About Airfields – East Wretham Airfield Snippets Airfield Photographs Exchange The Castle Bromwich Airfield and Aircraft Factory A Visit to Scotland A Hampshire Landmark ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.11 – U N DAT E D (AR17) Editorial Library Landings Mayday Column Yorkshire Eight Airfield Snippets A Reported Tour South Wales Airfields Newsletter Addendum ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.12 – U N DAT E D (AR18) Editorial Publications Received Disused Airfields as Industrial Archaeology Wash in wartime Tibenham, Norfolk A Journey, (Snailwell, Gransden etc) A History of RAF Greenham Common A Visit to RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore Of Fuel and Fences, (GPSS) ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 2 N O.13 – U N DAT E D (AR19) Editorial Mayday! Library Landings Airfields, (some minor sites in Norfolk) Pulham, After the Airships Basic History of RAF Cardington and Current Activities Locations of Chichester Airfields Airfield Snippets Page 2 File version: July 2017 A IRFIELD R ESEARCH G ROUP M AGAZINE . C ONTENTS TO J UNE 2017 AR VOLUME THREE DOES NOT EXIST ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 4 NO.1 – UNDATED (AR20) Editorial Library Landings Glatton – A Fen Airfield ARG N EWSLETTER VO L 4 N O.2 – U N DAT E D (AR22) Editorial ARG Constitution and Rules Mayday Mayday Watch Office Chat Airfields in the News Airfield Snippets – South and South-West ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 4 N O.3 – U N DAT E D (AR22) Editorial Library Landings Watch Office Chat A Brief History of RAF Manby Oil Charter to Curacao, 1947 Style ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 4 N O.4 – U N DAT E D (AR23) Mayday! Mayday! Broxbourne Firbeck, Yorks Recollections of Building a Bomber Base ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 4 N O.5 – U N DAT E D (AR24) Editorial Airfield Snippets Watch Office Chat Radar Stations, South-West England – WW II Warboys Chain Gang Walsall/Aldridge, Staffs ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 4 N O.6 – U N DAT E D (AR25) Editorial Library Landings Bircham Newton (Norfolk) – UT to WWII York Clifton (Part 1) Airfield Snippets Minor Aerodromes ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 5 N O.1 – U N DAT E D (AR26) Editorial Library Landings A National Serviceman in Shropshire, 1953–55 RNAS Crimond Goxhill, Lincolnshire ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 5 N O.2 – U N DAT E D (AR27) Chairman’s Report Editorial Library Landings Travelling Problems (various sites, Dorset, Wilts, Devon) Comments on Hangar Types RAF Hendon, 1944–45 ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 5 N O.3 – U N DAT E D (AR28) Editorial Library Landings Airfield News Mayday Column Barford St John (Oxon) Airfield Snippets Exotic Birds – South and South-West England RAF Kemble Page 3 File version: July 2017 A IRFIELD R ESEARCH G ROUP M AGAZINE . C ONTENTS TO J UNE 2017 ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 5 NO.4 – DEC 1982 / JAN 1983 (AR29) Library Landings Seething, 1960 Stars and Stripes in the South-West Airfield Snippets Bircham Newton (continued) WWII to Date ARG NEWSLETTER VOL 5 NO.5 – FEB / MAR 1983 (AR30) History of Middle Wallop, Hampshire Ancient Monuments Post-War Rackheath Old warden – Before the Open Days ARG N EWSLETTER VO L 5 N O.6 – A P R /M AY 1983 (AR31) Editorial Library Landings Mayday! Mayday! Chairman’s Report Early Aviation at Huntingdon Aircraft Sheds / Hangars Sibson ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 6 N O.1 / 2 ( DOUBLE ISSUE ) – U N DAT E D (AR32 / 33) Editorial Agenda Airfield News Library Landings Questionnaire Form Mayday! Mayday! The ARG and the Future Known Decoy Sites Inspecting Airfield Camouflage over Scotland RAF Oakington Yorkshire News Airfields in Northern Scotland Inter-War and WWII Watch Offices/Control Towers WWII USAAF Stations / Airfield Names ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 6 N O.3 – J U N 1984 (AR34) Editorial AGM 84 Library Landings Amendments News and Information Old Buckenham, Norfolk Earlham Park, Norfolk Wroughton ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 6 N O.4 – SE P 1984 (AR35) Library Landings Mayday! Mayday! Airfield Snippets Hemswell Wartime Two-Letter Identity Codes Rattlesden – Current Use Return to Methwold ARG N EWSLETTER VOL 6 N O.5 – JAN 1985 (AR36) Chairman’s Letter Editorial Mayday! Mayday! Library Landings Airfield News and Snippets RAF Calshot, 1913–16 Nostalgia (Salisbury Plain airfields) RAF Upavon Wiltshire Wanderings Harling Road Marham Yorkshire Air Museum Blackbushe Airport Historical Research Project on Woodley Aerodrome, Reading ARG NEWSLETTER THEN BECAME AIRFIELD REVIEW AR VOL 7 N O.1 – J U N 1985 (AR37) Editorial AGM Report Airfield News RAF Molesworth Aircraft Arrester Gear Heacham, Norfolk WWII Airfield Construction No.28 Satellite Landing Ground, Barton Abbey No.274 Maintenance Unit, Swannington etc (Mosquito storage) Page 4 File version: July 2017 A IRFIELD R ESEARCH G ROUP M AGAZINE .