1 A line of concrete cylinders, to the north-east of the farm, is likely to be the remains of WWII anti – tank barriers.
A line of concrete cylinders which are the remains of a Second World War tank trap or an aircraft obstruction. The cylinders are situated 400m west of Arley.
1 An aircraft hangar surviving near New Farm, Kineton, in use in during the 1930s. Structurally sound, the hangar has a steel frame with 2 bays giving a ...
An aircraft hangar built in the 1930s and made by Boulton & Paul Ltd of Norwich. It has a steel frame with brick interior walls. There are two bays and four sliding doors. It is situated 1km north east of Kineton.
1 An airfield in use in the 1930s near New Farm, Kineton. The airfield was used by Lord Willougby de Brook as a private landing ground and also for ...
An airfield which was in use during the 1930s for private landings and aerial displays. It is featured in the 1938 edition of 'The AA's Register of Landing Grounds'. It is situated 1km north east of Kineton.
1 A three runway bomber airfield opened June 1942 as a satellite to RAF Chipping Warden but soon transferred to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Major facilities included: two 1400 yard (1.28Km) ...
RAF Gaydon was a Second World War bomber airfield. It opened in 1942 as a satellite airfield to RAF Chipping Warden and later to RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. It is located 1.5km north of Chadshunt church.
1 Church Lawford was principally used as a training base for instructors.
2 Oblique air photo showing an unusual runway layout.
3 Pill boxes at airfield: two type 22 at SP45 72 ...
RAF Church Lawford, a Second World War airfield that was used for training instructors. The airfield was situated to the east of Dunsmore Heath.
1 Built on 426 acres, the runways were mostly of tarmac laid over ash and yellowstone. The original buildings included two large hangers and one smaller. Large areas of steel ...
A Second World War RAF airfield. It was in use up to 1944 and intermittently thereafter until the late 1960s. It is situated 1km north east of Long Marston.
1 ‘Three fields were brought into one to provide the space indicated on the AA sketch map and a fourth will soon be usable because the flagged ditches in the ...
Leamington Spa Airfield was extended by combining three fields into one area during the 20th Century.
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 ...
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 in 1940. The minimal facilities included 4 blister hangers (one each at the E and W perimeters) and the ...
The site of RAF Southam, an airfield which was opened in 1940, during the Second World War as part of the defence of Britain. There were 37 buildings associated with the airfield which closed to flying in 1944. It was situated to the south east of Southam.
1 A WW2 Airfield subsequently modified to be a base for night fighters. Mostly sold in 1961. The domestic quarters survived in 1989, but parts of the runways had been ...
The site of RAF Honiley, a Second World War airfield. Some of the airfield buildings still remain but large areas of the runway have been dismantled. The airfield site is located 1km north west of Honiley.
1 The wireless telegraph (WT) station for RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Principally used for communications with aircraft by morse code.
2 Airfield plan – not to scale.
The site of a wireless telegraph station. It was used by Wellesbourne Mountford airfield for communication with aircraft using morse code during the Second World War. It is located 300m west of Red Hill Wood.
1 A three runway bomber airfield, with extra facilities for use by fighter aircraft, opened 12 July 1941. From July 1941 to Sept 1942 was a satellite to RAF Wellesbourne ...
RAF Atherstone on Stour, a Second World War bomber airfield with three runways. It opened in 1941 and closed in 1945. The airfield was situated to the north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 A type T1 hanger for aircraft parking and repair. From a distance appears in good condition.
2 Vertical AP of airfield.
3 Airfield plan of 1942.
The site of an aircraft hangar, where aeroplanes were parked and repaired during the Second World War. The hangar was located within the Atherstone on Stour airfield, to the north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 Originally a three storey brick building with a ‘look out’ principally used to control aircraft. Originally part of a range of other buildings, the control tower now stands by ...
A control tower associated with the Second World War airfield north east of Atherstone on Stour. The control tower was a three-storey brick building which is still largely standing.
1 A municipal airfield developed before 1939 with the support of “Armstrong Whitey” who built their new works (MWA 8095) adjacent the airfield. The first paved runway was not built ...
Baginton Airfield was built before 1939. It continued to be used as a municipal airfield after the Second World War. It is situated to the west of Bubbenhall.
1 Opened as a satellite airfield to Church Lawford in 1943. Although having 40 dispersal pads, this airfield never reached its intended capacity. For a time was used to train ...
The site of RAF Snitterfield, a Second World War airfield. It was used to train Belgian air crews and closed in 1946. The airfield site is located east of Bearley.
1 The factory (known as the Ryton Plant) is wedged between the A45 (on the northeast) and the A423 (on the southwest) in Warwickshire, England. The southeast of the grounds ...
The fomer Peugeot car plant in Ryton on Dunsmore is situated between the A45 (on the northeast) and the A423 (on the southwest).
1 Ansty airfield from a RAF aerial photo of 1949.
2 In 1935 Sir John Siddeley, head of the Armstrong Siddeley Company, set up a flying school at this site.
3 The ...
Ansty Airfield ; its extent and history based on an aerial photographs and on documentary evidence.
