Chedworth
AirfieldIWM, English Heritage Collection
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.