Monument record 0620102000 - WING AIRFIELD

Summary

WWII RAF accommodation blocks in the vicinity of Wing Airfield

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • DOMESTIC SITE (Modern - 1941 AD to 1946 AD)

Description

Most of the instructional buildings, the Link Trainer and personnel accomodation were built at dispersed sites some distance from the airfield (B1).
1945 plan of airfield showing domestic sites to south (B2).
Visible on aerial photographs from 1948 as dispersed clusters of nissan huts along field edges away from main airfield

Sources (11)

  • ---SBC18156 Aerial Photograph: 17/07/96. MEF BCM A25/25/18-19. SP\851231. Yes.
  • ---SBC20325 Aerial Photograph: Fairey Surveys Ltd. 1966. FSL 1966 Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 6601.
  • ---SBC20326 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 4096. SP 87602170. Yes.
  • ---SBC20327 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 4097. SP8730 2230. Yes.
  • ---SBC20328 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 4098. SP 8669 2240. Yes.
  • ---SBC20329 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 4099. SP 8600 2240. Yes.
  • ---SBC20330 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 4100. SP 8550 2260. Yes.
  • ---SBC20331 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 4101. SP 8510 2210. Yes.
  • ---SBC20332 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph: run 428, frame 4102. SP 8430 2315. Yes.
  • <1>SBC19271 Bibliographic reference: Robin J Brooks. 2000. Thames Valley Airfields in the Second World War. p202.
  • <2>SBC20142 Bibliographic reference: Michael Warth. 2001. Wings Over Wing: the story of a World War II Bomber Training Unit. p5.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8608 2231 (2523m by 1156m)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CUBLINGTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2013 2:07PM

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