Monument record 4089/0/0 - RAF Calveley Airfield

<1> Cheshire County Council, 1995, Wartime Cheshire 1939-1945, p.26-7 (Book). SCH4444.

Originally planned as a fighter base, it was used mainly during the war to train fighter pilots. Various buildings survive in varying states of repair including aircraft hangars, control towers, Romney hut, seagull trenches and a pillbox. It was built in 1941 and decommisioned in 1946.

<2> John Woodside, Various, Bones Aviation Page, 30/06/2003 (Web Site). SCH4445.

Opened in 1942 and run by RAF 21 group AFU in December 1944. It is now a Satellite tracking station.

<3> Francis F, Flagg R & Crisp G, 2015, Nine Thousand Miles of Concrete, Appendix (Report). SCH8247.

Used for advanced training, typically Advance Flying Units (Pilot or Observer). These would take newly qualified pilots from the Empire Training Scheme and accustom them to the problems associated with UK flying, e.g. congestion, bad weather and the possibility of enemy interaction. Approximately 5% of the hard runways (concrete or tarmac) and taxiways survive, and 40% of the main sites buildings.