The pivotal WWII base was part of a £50m Conservative plan to house 2,000 migrants - later reduced to 800 - which was scrapped by Labour in 2024 as it didn't provide 'value for money'.
It is now a week since the Ukrainians launched the most audacious raid since The Dambusters - an operation that was completely unassisted by the UK or any other western power.
Shocking aerial photos have revealed the extent of dereliction of the World War Two airfield, where Guy Gibson and the other heroes of the Bouncing Bomb raid on German dams were based.