Austin 7 Special seen at RAF Great Dunmow.
From my own collection is this interesting little photograph. The caption on the rear simply says "RAF Dunmow". Having had a look online, I can only find reference to an RAF Great Dunmow, so perhaps it is one and the same place? If so, it was located a few miles east of Bishops Stortford in England. A look at the excellent Control Towers website gives some more info on this wartime airfield - it was originally built in 1942 and 1943 to be a US bomber base, with B26 Marauders operating from there. In 1944 the RAF took over, flying Stirlings out of RAF Great Dunmow and, after WW2, switching to Halifax bombers. The airfield spent its final operational years as an Army storage base, being wound up for good in 1948. The site remains, now used for agricultural purposes, with few reminders remaining of its military past.
The gents in the photograph, all clutching proper pint jugs note, look to be members of the RAF, probably aircrew. Whether the building in the background was on the Great Dunmow site I'm not sure - could it be the barracks?
The car is probably an Austin 7-based special, judging by the three stud wheels. On the bonnet is a logo of some kind, perhaps for a motor club or clubman's racing outfit? I'm not sure, perhaps someone recognises it?
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