Photograph found in diary. "HQ Coy working ___(?) July 41 at Redhill Airdrome defences." The photo shows soldiers resting along a sandbag wall. The accession number on the rear is 2009.6.1 but it is really 2009.6.2 Redhill Aerodrome is a grass strip runway situated in Surrey, south of London and just a few miles north of London Gatwick Airport. From May 1941 to January 1944 numerous fighter Squadrons flew Rodeo fighter sweeps over France from RAF Redhill, all except six were equipped with Spitfires.