RAF Abbots Bromley

RAF Abbots Bromley is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground (RLG)^[1] located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north-west of the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. The airfield opened during 1940 and closed on 31 March 1949^[2] being the satellite of RAF Burnaston.^[3]

RAF Abbots Bromley
Near Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire in England
The now derelict former guardroom at the site of RAF Abbots Bromley in 2006.
Site information
Type	Relief landing ground
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command
Location
RAF Abbots Bromley Location in Staffordshire
Coordinates	52°49′31″N 001°53′29″W
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
In use	1940–31 March 1949 (1949)
Fate	Returned to agricultural use, small number of buildings remain.
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	125 metres (410 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 594 metres (1,949 ft) Grass 594 metres (1,949 ft) Grass

Based units

The following units were here at some point:^[2]

• Relief Landing Ground for No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF flying de Havilland Tiger Moths (1940–41)^[4]
• Relief Landing Ground for No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF between June 1941 and July 1945^[5]
• Sub site for No. 21 Maintenance Unit RAF between May 1945 and March 1949^[6]

The airfield was also used after the Second World War for storing ammunition.^[7]

Current use

There is currently not much of the original site left partly because of the fact it had grass runways^[2] and partly due to the period of time elapsed however a guard house and a single Robin hangar remain^[7] with part of the site becoming a chicken farm.^[3]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations