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File:Sutton Bridge Armament Practice Camp late 1920s.png

updated my earlier inclusion to official naming used etc., also tweaked camera coordinates.
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|description= {{en|[[:w:Air Ministry|Air Ministry]] airfield site '''Sutton Bridge Armament Practice Camp''' in [[:w:Sutton Bridge|Sutton Bridge]], [[:w:Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire]], [[:w:England|England]], late 1920s. View from west side airfield embankment main entrance. Photograph partially shows from the airfield's main entrance (left side) the Mechanical Transport (MT) Shed and on-site airfield road leading down towards four [[:w:Bessonneau hangar|Bessonneau hangar]]s and the airfield ground beyond. Visible on the right the airfield [[:w:windsock|windsock]] and two [[:w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] [[:w:biplane|biplane]]s, one stationary and one inflight, both probably RAF [[:w:Bristol Bulldog|Bristol Bulldog]] Mk. IIA biplanes. From its establishment in September 1926, Sutton Bridge Armament Practice Camp airfield site continued to be expanded, from 1936 it was renamed [[:w:RAF Sutton Bridge|RAF Sutton Bridge]].{{Location |52|45|35.11|N|0|11|25.69|E|}}{{Object location |52|45|33.82|N|0|11|34.88|E|}}}}
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|description= {{en|[[:w:Air Ministry|Air Ministry]] airfield site '''R.A.F. Practice Camp Sutton Bridge''' in [[:w:Sutton Bridge|Sutton Bridge]], [[:w:Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire]], [[:w:England|England]], late 1920s. View from west side airfield embankment main entrance. Photograph partially shows from the airfield's main entrance (left side) the Mechanical Transport (MT) Shed and on-site airfield road leading down towards four [[:w:Bessonneau hangar|Bessonneau hangar]]s and the airfield ground beyond. Visible on the right the airfield [[:w:windsock|windsock]] and two [[:w:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] [[:w:biplane|biplane]]s, one stationary and one inflight, both probably RAF [[:w:Armstrong Whitworth Siskin|Armstrong Whitworth Siskin]] or RAF [[:w:Bristol Bulldog|Bristol Bulldog]] Mk. IIA biplanes. From its establishment in September 1926, R.A.F. Practice Camp Sutton Bridge airfield site continued to be expanded, from January 1932 it was officially renamed to No. 3 Armament Training Camp Sutton Bridge, subsequently No. 3 Armament Training Station Sutton Bridge, and later simply [[:w:RAF Sutton Bridge|RAF Sutton Bridge]].{{Location |52|45|34.36|N|0|11|25.15|E|}}{{Object location |52|45|33.82|N|0|11|34.88|E|}}}}

|date= {{other date|turn of the decade|1930}}

|date= {{other date|turn of the decade|1930}}

|source= {{Original upload date|2013-03-16}} by [[:w:User:Nightsturm|Nightsturm]] including original description and location coordinates. Image scan copy from original postcard provided by Mike Charlton at [http://www.aviationpostcard.co.uk Aviation Postcards] (personal postcard collection).

|source= {{Original upload date|2013-03-16}} by [[:w:User:Nightsturm|Nightsturm]] including original description and location coordinates. Image scan copy from original postcard provided by Mike Charlton at [http://www.aviationpostcard.co.uk Aviation Postcards] (personal postcard collection).

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