RAF HONEYBOURNE (grid reference SP 425115)
This war time RAF base was located just to the south of the town of Honeybourne and was adjacent to Weston Subedge railway station. The airfield was not rail connected.
The base was operational from 1941 to 1946 and was home to the No.24 Operations Training Unit. After the war the site was closed and much has reverted to farmland. However the five hangars and many others buildings have survived and found further use as an industrial park.
The entrance sign to the estate with a T2 type hanger behind.
This large hanger is a J type - the only one of its type at Honeybourne.
This photograph shows a pair of T2 type hangers apparently joined together to form one building,
These crew quarters are amongst the many other items to survive from the original base.
All four photographs were taken by Andrew Smith on 12th July 2002.
An excellent book is available about the history of the airfield:
"Angry Skies Across The Vale" by Brian Kedward, ISBN 0 952702 20 4.
Amongst railway references in this book is one that from 1947 old Wellington aircraft were scrapped at the airfield and the remains were taken out by railway trucks loaded at Weston Subedge goods yard.
The following extract from the 1930 Ordnance Survey map shows the location of Weston Subedge station. The RAF base was north of the station and marked as "Honeybourne Grounds on the following map.
Click to return to Honeybourne Junction
Click here for Weston Subedge station