IN PICTURES: RAF Goxhill Watch Office Rebuilt in US

An RAF building which was dismantled and moved to the US is reopening in Virginia, where it's been rebuilt.

Goxhill was the first RAF site handed to the US Army Air Forces in 1942. The station was used by the Americans as a training base and closed in 1953.

The site's watch office was later acquired by the Military Aviation Museum in 2003.

It was then taken down brick by brick and shipped to Virginia Beach.

Museum Director, Mike Potter, said that the tower bring lots of visitors to the museum:

"it is a distinct honour to be able to offer guests the only experience of its type in our country".

The entire tower was transported, however, the doors and windows were rusted beyond repair.

But, the original manufacturer in the UK, Crittall, remade them from the original design and specification.

It took three years to complete the reconstruction and now the building is open and is welcoming visitors to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the station's US handover. 

They are hoping to complete the interior too and return it to it's original condition, but that work is expected to take "several years".