RAF Fauld

Royal Air Force Fauld is a former Royal Air Force underground munitions storage depot located 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Tutbury, Staffordshire and 10.4 miles (16.7 km) north east of Rugeley, Staffordshire, England.21 Maintenance Unit RAF which stored munitions underground.At 11:11 am on Monday, 27 November 1944 an explosion destroyed a large part of the site and killed about 70 people.The depot was used until 1966 when the site was closed.However, in late 1966 when France withdrew from NATO's integrated military structure the site was briefly used between 1967 and 1973.
250 lb MC bombs being stacked in one of Fauld's tunnels
250 lb MC bombs transported by narrow gauge railway at RAF Fauld
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