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Parachute Store. Building 92
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Unknown Structure
![Station Offices Building 147]()
Station Offices Building 147
![Type "A" Hangar. Building 137]()
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
![Station Offices. Building 147]()
Station Offices. Building 147
![Main Stores. Building 90]()
Main Stores. Building 90
![FFMT Shed. Building 119]()
FFMT Shed. Building 119
![Main Workshop. Building 99]()
Main Workshop. Building 99
![Bomb Store. Building 216]()
Bomb Store. Building 216
![Guard House. Building 89]()
Guard House. Building 89
![Main Workshop. Building 99]()
Main Workshop. Building 99
![Type "A" Hangar. Building 137]()
Type “A” Hangar. Building 137
![Power House. Building 82]()
Power House. Building 82
![Operations Block. Building 146]()
Operations Block. Building 146
![Air Raid Shelter]()
Air Raid Shelter
![Operations Block. Building 146]()
Operations Block. Building 146
![Power House (Backup). Building 93]()
Power House (Backup). Building 93
![Type "C" Hangar. Building 108]()
Type “C” Hangar. Building 108
![Station Offices. Building 147]()
Station Offices. Building 147
![Petrol tanker shed. . Building 105]()
Petrol tanker shed. . Building 105
![Fire Party Hut. Building 88]()
Fire Party Hut. Building 88
![Type "A" Hangar. Building 79]()
Type “A” Hangar. Building 79
![Station Offices. Building 147]()
Station Offices. Building 147
![Switchboard, Operations Block.. Building 146]()
Switchboard, Operations Block.. Building 146
![Motor Transport Shed. Building 129]()
Motor Transport Shed. Building 129
![Station Offices. Building 147]()
Station Offices. Building 147
![Fire Tender & Hucks Starter Shelter. Building 121]()
Fire Tender & Hucks Starter Shelter. Building 121
![Station Offices. Building 147]()
Station Offices. Building 147
Walking into the buildings at RAF Bicester in 2013 is like entering a time capsule back to the second world war. RAF Bicester was part of Bomber Command in WW2 being used mainly for training. The RAF left in 1976 and most of the buildings have been left untouched since. The site is of architectural and historical importance being the most complete and untouched example of such a collection of buildings most having being built in the 1920′s. The site contains a number of listed buildings and scheduled monuments.
What I found fascinating about the site as a photographic subject is that the decay and abandonment have added new layers of meaning to the utilitarian buildings so the impression today is an intriguing mix of the evocative and the impenetrable.
In May 2013 the site was sold to Bicester Heritage who kindly gave me permission to photograph the site before they start renovation. My particular thanks to Daniel Geoghegan and Charles Morgan.
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