Chedworth

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Chedworth airfield looking north, the control tower and airfield code are to the top left of the runway intersection, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1558. English Heritage (RAF Photography). eh-590.jpg RAF_106G_UK_1558_RP_3327 Aerial photograph of Chedworth airfield looking north, the control tower and airfield code are to the top left of the runway intersection, 7 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1558. English Heritage (RAF Photography). Historic England

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Object Number - RAF_106G_UK_1558_RP_3327 - Aerial photograph of Chedworth airfield looking north, the control tower and airfield code are to the top left of the runway intersection, 7 June...

Chedworth was built as a satellite for RAF Aston Down in 1941-42, and was home to several USAAF lodger units in 1944. After the Second World War it was used as a Royal Navy storage depot, an RAF Landing Ground 1960s-70s, and was home to a civil gliding club in the 1960s-70s. It has since mostly been returned to agriculture.

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English Heritage's Record Description

RAF Chedworth; a former WWII military airfield, is visible on aerial photographs dating from 1946 to 2006 as extant, ruined and demolished structures. A number of dispersed sites associated with the airfield were been recorded separately by Historic England. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of The Cotswold Hills NMP project.

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ContributorEmily
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Historic England National Monument Record SP 01 SW 40

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ContributorAAM
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Chris Ashworth, Action Stations 5: Military Airfields of the South-West (Cambridge, 1982)

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