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Old December 21st, 2004, 06:15 PM
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Sure did, Martin.
It's about 10 miles down the road from me btw.
There were also a number of LAA sites around it, but these have all long gone unfortunately.
The factory is also about a mile and a half from the old airfield at Grangemouth, which had a practice AA camp on its NE perimeter. The airfield is now totally engulfed by the BP refinery.
After the war, U-Boats were broken up at the shipyard at nearby Bo'Ness.
I just found this: Flying Boat Museum
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[ 21. December 2004, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: The_Historian ]
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