In Popular Culture
The base has appeared in several film and television productions, portraying various fictional military sites. It appeared as a USAFE base in West Germany for the James Bond film Octopussy in 1982, and as the fictional "RAF Baywaters" (intended to invoke RAF Bentwaters) in The Fourth Protocol.
The abandoned base also appeared as "RAF Heyford" in the television series Lewis, series five episode "Old, Unhappy, Far-Off Things", first broadcast in 2011, playing an important role in the development of the plot. It was also used in the film World War Z, due to be released in 2013, with scenes featuring a supermarket and a large number of American cars.
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