Complex sentence: Between 1945 and 1947 aircraft that were dispatched from Dumfries probably came back to be scrapped, as aerial photographs taken in 1946 show over 300 aircraft on the airfield and probably the same again on the satellite areas around RAF Dumfries.
Split into simpler sentences: Between 1945 and 1947 aircraft that were dispatched from Dumfries probably came back to be scrapped. This is supported by aerial photographs showing over 300 aircraft on the airfield in 1946 and probably the same figure on the satellite areas close to RAF Dumfries.