Evacuation after bomb scare at RAF High Wycombe (From This Is Local London)

RAF Naphill?? Never heard of it! Heard of RAF High Wycombe or Air Command but never RAF Naphill!!

Well done with changing it from RAF NAPHILL (!!!) to RAF High Wycombe.

The URL is still wrong though (http://www.bucksfre
epress.co.uk/news/50
72659.Bomb_scare_at_
RAF_Naphill/) Can't cover up all your mistakes!

URL changed now - but there are still several 'Naphills' in the article. D'oh!

I like this bit:

A 'suspect package' – but it turned out to be a rucksack.

What was it before it was a rucksack??

Lol, they have still missed the RAF NAPHILL link just under the picture...lets see how long it takes for them to change that bit! Why not just try and get it all right in the first place! Read it though before you make it LIVE! God, my daughter could do better and she is 4...

...at least this time there wasn't a Brazilian attached to the rucksack.

Me, just me wrote:
RAF Naphill?? Never heard of it! Heard of RAF High Wycombe or Air Command but never RAF Naphill!!

It has been called RAF Naphill since 1940s.
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RAF Naphill (actually situated in Walters Ash) is not the same as RAF Air Command (previously RAF Fighter Command, previous to that it was RAF Bomber Command as HQ for WW II).
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RAF Naphill is a supply and services unit that supports the Air Command ; it has its own non-HQ functions and staffing structures as its role and activities is not the same as the major unit. This is not secret information , btw
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You may find that the original RAF High Wycombe was the Dawes Hill (South Wycombe) installation which became a USAF base and nearly became the Cruise Missile Control Centre. The Dawes Hill camp is now no longer operational as far as know I know as the USAF has moved out.
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Does that clarify things a bit. I worked at these sites for a short while.
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Regards

The base in Walters Ash is RAF High Wycombe and is quite an important base ..... just check out its command "facility". In fact, had the Ruskies pushed the button then this place would have been one of the first to be alerted from Fylingdales.

The former RAF base near Flackwell Heath was RAF Daws Hill. It too had a large command "facility" which was used as a command post for directing USAF GLCMs if required in Europe.

john_b wrote:
URL changed now - but there are still several 'Naphills' in the article. D'oh!

I like this bit:

A 'suspect package' – but it turned out to be a rucksack.

What was it before it was a rucksack??

Maybe it was wrapped in wrapping paper with a black bomb and fuse design?

I have been to Naphill and there is a RAF base there.
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Let's face it the RAF base a Daws Hill was/is actually closer to High Wycombe than Naphill.

J B Blackett wrote:

Me, just me wrote: RAF Naphill?? Never heard of it! Heard of RAF High Wycombe or Air Command but never RAF Naphill!!

It has been called RAF Naphill since 1940s. . RAF Naphill (actually situated in Walters Ash) is not the same as RAF Air Command (previously RAF Fighter Command, previous to that it was RAF Bomber Command as HQ for WW II). . RAF Naphill is a supply and services unit that supports the Air Command ; it has its own non-HQ functions and staffing structures as its role and activities is not the same as the major unit. This is not secret information , btw . You may find that the original RAF High Wycombe was the Dawes Hill (South Wycombe) installation which became a USAF base and nearly became the Cruise Missile Control Centre. The Dawes Hill camp is now no longer operational as far as know I know as the USAF has moved out. . Does that clarify things a bit. I worked at these sites for a short while. . Regards

You might want to check up on your info. I worked there in 1978 and I work there now. I can confirm it is RAF High Wycombe or Air Command and is situated in Walter Ash (Naphill). Its has NEVER been RAF Naphill.

Yeah but everyone knows what they mean when they say RAF Naphill.

Is the name of the place really the most important or significant point of the article? Some people really do have too much time on their hands!

Risborough-mum wrote:
Is the name of the place really the most important or significant point of the article? Some people really do have too much time on their hands!

You would hope that a reporter PAID to report on the story would know the name of the place in question. I mean, for goodness sake, its Air Command, its a Head Quarters. Lets just call it RAF Buckinghamshire and have done with it....or RAF England...is that close enough?

I have worked there wrote:

J B Blackett wrote:

Me, just me wrote: RAF Naphill?? Never heard of it! Heard of RAF High Wycombe or Air Command but never RAF Naphill!!

It has been called RAF Naphill since 1940s. . RAF Naphill (actually situated in Walters Ash) is not the same as RAF Air Command (previously RAF Fighter Command, previous to that it was RAF Bomber Command as HQ for WW II). . RAF Naphill is a supply and services unit that supports the Air Command ; it has its own non-HQ functions and staffing structures as its role and activities is not the same as the major unit. This is not secret information , btw . You may find that the original RAF High Wycombe was the Dawes Hill (South Wycombe) installation which became a USAF base and nearly became the Cruise Missile Control Centre. The Dawes Hill camp is now no longer operational as far as know I know as the USAF has moved out. . Does that clarify things a bit. I worked at these sites for a short while. . Regards

You might want to check up on your info. I worked there in 1978 and I work there now. I can confirm it is RAF High Wycombe or Air Command and is situated in Walter Ash (Naphill). Its has NEVER been RAF Naphill.

I've still some headed notepaper and station orders and old correspondence with it on . (Perhaps I shouldn't have ) !
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Web sites such as forces/ friends-reunited , sports associations , commercial inc Princes Risboro Chamber etc even events like the Wycombe Half-marathon has runners from 'RAF Naphill' !
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Most people local or other to the station call it RAF Naphill , also. Mind you I have only been associated with it for only about 11 years so I could be wrong ! Tht's before the Stn Cmdr post became a Gp Capt.
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It would appear that we beg to differ - although I admit my site-wide ID card is marked with a RAF High Wycombe stamp (!)
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Regards

Risborough-mum wrote:
Is the name of the place really the most important or significant point of the article? Some people really do have too much time on their hands!

It was an innocent rucksack. I suppose we could discuss that.

Parents were advised to collect children from nearby schools, although they were not evacuated in the end.

No parents I have spoken to were advised to collect from the school as no one was allowed near the school. The RAF managed to evacuate the people who live next to the school to a safe place but the school was left to it's own devices. I thought the RAF/police/fire service were supposed to protect us and not leave nearly 400 vulnerable children to sit at school and not even contact the parents.

It was still a close shave, though - and so near to a well-used landing strip etc etc

Elmo wrote:
...at least this time there wasn't a Brazilian attached to the rucksack.

I did hit the 'quote' button but clearly FLUFFED the dismount on my previous post etc etc. Must do better next time...

I have worked there wrote:

Risborough-mum wrote: Is the name of the place really the most important or significant point of the article? Some people really do have too much time on their hands!

You would hope that a reporter PAID to report on the story would know the name of the place in question. I mean, for goodness sake, its Air Command, its a Head Quarters. Lets just call it RAF Buckinghamshire and have done with it....or RAF England...is that close enough?

If I were a terrorist it would confuse the fk out of me. Potayto Potarto. Tomayto Tomarto. I would probably just give up. Job done.

Slacker wrote:
Yeah but everyone knows what they mean when they say RAF Naphill.

But the problem is Slacker, It's not called RAF Naphill..... It's RAF High Wycombe!!!!

"A 'suspect package' was discovered in the social bar area of the base in Naphill at about 11am – but it turned out to be a rucksack." Oh dear, we rely on these idiots to protect us.

Well they certainly did a pretty good job 1939-1945 or are people choosing to forget..

J B Blackett wrote:

I have worked there wrote:

J B Blackett wrote:

Me, just me wrote: RAF Naphill?? Never heard of it! Heard of RAF High Wycombe or Air Command but never RAF Naphill!!

It has been called RAF Naphill since 1940s. . RAF Naphill (actually situated in Walters Ash) is not the same as RAF Air Command (previously RAF Fighter Command, previous to that it was RAF Bomber Command as HQ for WW II). . RAF Naphill is a supply and services unit that supports the Air Command ; it has its own non-HQ functions and staffing structures as its role and activities is not the same as the major unit. This is not secret information , btw . You may find that the original RAF High Wycombe was the Dawes Hill (South Wycombe) installation which became a USAF base and nearly became the Cruise Missile Control Centre. The Dawes Hill camp is now no longer operational as far as know I know as the USAF has moved out. . Does that clarify things a bit. I worked at these sites for a short while. . Regards

You might want to check up on your info. I worked there in 1978 and I work there now. I can confirm it is RAF High Wycombe or Air Command and is situated in Walter Ash (Naphill). Its has NEVER been RAF Naphill.

I've still some headed notepaper and station orders and old correspondence with it on . (Perhaps I shouldn't have ) ! . Web sites such as forces/ friends-reunited , sports associations , commercial inc Princes Risboro Chamber etc even events like the Wycombe Half-marathon has runners from 'RAF Naphill' ! . Most people local or other to the station call it RAF Naphill , also. Mind you I have only been associated with it for only about 11 years so I could be wrong ! Tht's before the Stn Cmdr post became a Gp Capt. . It would appear that we beg to differ - although I admit my site-wide ID card is marked with a RAF High Wycombe stamp (!) . Regards

Well, I do still work there so I will investigate today but I am sure that you are incorrect. The locals may know it as RAF Naphill but that is just because they assume as its located in Naphill it will be called exactly that. I can find no reference to RAF Naphill anywhere.

In that case , I'd better destroy my notepads and other docs with it on then. Did you check out all the sites I mentioned above ?
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Did you also know it was also called Southdown ? Rgds

I never knew it was called High wycome. I thought it was Naphill