RAF Warwick
The site of the Second World War RAF Warwick airfield which was located in fields north of Longbridge, Warwick. It opened in 1941 as a grass relief landing ground for RAF Church Lawford. Aerial photographs show the positions of the hangars and huts.
1 A grass relief landing ground for RAF Church Lawford opened Dec 1941. The minimal facilities included 4 blister hangers, 6 Laing huts, 2 Nissen huts and a fuel compound.
2 An aerial photograph of 1947 shows four hangers at: SP 2763 (destroyed); SP 2763 (skeletal remains of a Miskins steel blister hanger); SP 2662.
3 Book with photograph of a Miskins steel blister hanger.
4 Photograph of the Oxford aircraft at Warwick airfield. The control building can be seen in the background.
5 No features relating to the WWII airfield were observed.
6 Opened for flying in December 1941 and the relief landing ground was used mainly by No 2 CFS and No 18 (P)AFU. Two blister hangars and a series of Laing and Nissen huts.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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Neither of the two structures is now remaining Jan 2020. I suspect a mound in the nearby school grounds might cover a Stanton air raid shelter though.
My dad used to live in Warwick. He told me that they used Oxford Airspeed aircraft there. One of them on a training flight once crashed. It landed in a pigsty. Both crew members were killed. It is thought that they landed in the pigsty to avoid hitting the town.
My father, Jack Oldham, was a civilian engineer stationed at the airfield in 1941. He was tasked with keeping the aircraft in the air. He travelled between several of the airfields, Honiley also being one. During WW II my father had 45 different address’s. Every time the bombing increased where he was staying, he moved..
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