Nodiham airfield history books

The wartime memories project is run by volunteers and this website is funded by donations from our visitors. First opening in april 1939 the airfield was used by the raf before being lent to the united states army air forces in 1942. A buzzing modern city with no shortage of history, nottingham has plenty of fun. Although flying began at the airfield in 1925, it was not until 18 october 1937 that odiham was officially opened as a permanent airfield. Raf odiham maps, postcode, frequencies, flight tracker. East midlands dinard bretagne airport aeroport dinard bretagne.

To book a taxi to the airport or find cab quotes from. The society seeks to record, protect and enhance the heritage, character and environment of the parish of odiham and north warnborough. North warnborough is the complementary village within the parish. The airfield areas were examined for any evidence of artifacts. In 1951 field marshal montgomery was stationed with the boar in germany. A extraordinary collection of historic photos and maps of raf odiham, the odiham area and hampshire. An archaeology and history study completed in 1994 simply identifies the area as waieli runway. We publish two journals each year and run speaker evenings on local and interesting topics. Even with major airlines gone out of boeing field, the boeing field airfield still handles 300,000 takeoffs and landings each year, an average of more than 800. This website is run entirely as a hobby and in my spare time, it is paid for out of my own pocket. Should you wish to leave a small donation towards the upkeep and ongoing running of the website, it is really appreciated. Raf odiham in the second world war, the wartime memories project.

The airfield is now the site of the annual kent county show, but two memorials stand as poignant reminders of the epic events that transpired in this otherwise sleepy corner of britain. The complete history of ellsworth air force base, south dakota 050122 history of dyess air force base. Royal air force odiham or more simply raf odiham iata. Michael jones book, fairoaks airport, an illustrated history, was a real labour of love and he continues to share his passion about the chobham airfield, currently under threat of closure to make way for a proposed 1,500home garden village. The aim of the dunsfold airfield history society dahs is to preserve those features of dunsfold airfield that have significant historic or architectural interest, in order to retain for posterity the unique contribution of the airfield to our national aerospace heritage. Raf odiham in the second world war 19391945 the wartime. It dates from saxon times, and had then a royal residence of the kings of wessex. If you feel that any of these airfields are incorrectly listed or that there might be omissions, please let us know. Travelling to nottingham the university of nottingham. Nottingham east midlands airport is served by ryanair seasonnal direct flights. The americans flew some combat missions from bovingdon before the airfield was assigned the role of a training base for b17 crews until the end of the second world war.

Raf odiham the airfield remains a busy place with the familiar thumping rhythm of the chinooks being heard both day and night. Moors exhaustively researched book is the first to tell the full story of the part detling played in the defence of the realm and the history of. Fairoaks airport book reveals history of airfield earmarked for 1,500home garden village author michael jones carefully planned and researched the book, which is filled with more than 600 black. He lived near alton, to the south of raf odiham, and had at his disposal a highly polished dakota and flew home most weekends. Sharing the field with the chinooks is a squadron of westland lynx ah. One of the most important items in the rcvs archives is the original minute book of the odiham society. Qaww2 qaww2 queensland airfields ww2 50 years on book. Some of the interesting information that this book mentions is as follows. The secretary of state for defence, the right honorable philip hammond mp visited royal air force odiham today to view the newlyintoservice chinook mk 4 helicopter. Airfield estate is not just a beautiful place with a remarkable history, its a social and charitable hub, investing in people and initiatives that reach every corner of our community. Witness the daring exploits and dangerous challenges that form the story of flight in this beautifully illustrated book, filled with rare photographs and historical documents.

The airfield remains a busy place with the familiar thumping rhythm of the chinooks being heard both day and night. Robert mays school is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the village of odiham, hampshire, england. In january 1939 was at raf odiham when these were replaced by a new monoplane intended primarily for artillery cooperation and reconnaissance, the westland lysander. It provides a good history of 20th century warfare set against a background of politics or is it the other way round. Egbn, also known as nottingham city airport, is located. Raf odiham is located east of basingstoke in hampshire, and is a front line support helicopter base working within the joint helicopter command. The articles ive written for the gliding heritage centre website todate have been intended to fulfil the educational remit that the ghc has through being a registered charity. At least two churches are recorded suggesting odiham was a former minster serving a large area. This book tells about the interesting history of boeing field.

Odiham is a picturesque, rural historic village in the hart district of hampshire, dating from saxon times and is the first hampshire entry in the domesday book of 1087 because it had become william the conquerors largest holding in hampshire. From 1951 the main activity at lasham airfield became recreational gliding. The odiham societys original hand written minute book covering the period 17831796 164941001. Discover all the destinations departing from dinard bretagne. Raf odiham is situated in hampshire, 7 miles to the east of basingstoke and is home to the rafs fleet of chinook helicopters. Make a donation museum cafe museum shop book titles access statement privacy policy.

Its current station commander is group captain nicholas knight obe raf. If youre looking to compare nottingham taxi companies, minicabits taxi prices can help to get you started. During world war two p51 mustangs and hawker typhoons were flown by the base. Attractive buildings provide a long term link to work, worship and recreation of previous centuries. Qaww2 queensland airfields ww2 50 years on was my original book focused on documenting the history of queenslands world war 2 allied airstrips, military camps and bases with hundreds of photos, maps and drawings. List of articles in category airfields and geography. Raf odiham photos, maps, books, memories of odiham and.

If the book had purely been about the archaeology of airfields then it would have been a lot thinner, but it is padded out with the aforementioned history, although i didnt mind that other than its not what i expected. The site at odiham was first used by the raf,from 1926,as a summer camp landing ground. Odiham occupies a picturesque situation on the slope of a chalk hill, and in the heart of a wooded district, from which it derives its name a corruption of woody ham. Raf rougham in the second world war, the wartime memories project. North warnborough takes its name from the river originally called the weargaburna or felons stream where malefactors were drowned. Ironically this was done by general erhard milch, chief of air staff of the luftwaffe. This book looks at the history and personalities associated with each base, what remains today and explores the favourite local wartime haunts where aircrew and ground crew would go. Past discoveries is a genealogical and family history research company offering a friendly and efficient service to those who wish to find out more about their family history.

Odiham professional family history, family trees, genealogy, house and ancestry research service by professional genealogist uk and local history research. Book now for a quick and affordable journey from a number of uk locations to nottingham. All the destinations served by direct or indirect flights, starting from dinard airport. The odiham magna carta festival weekend is a community project led by the odiham society with which we intend to mark this seminal moment in our villages history the celebrations are planned for 22 nd 25th may 2015 and will involve the entire community, local organisations and schools, and of course visitors will be most welcome to join in, learn and enjoy. Detling airfield a history 19151959 oxfam gb oxfam. History of odiham, in hart and hampshire map and description. The minute book, which was acquired by the rcvs registrar mr wgr oates in 1956, allows us to trace the beginnings of the veterinary profession in great britain. Visitors arriving at raf odiham should enter via the main gate and report to the main guard room to book in and collect a visitors security pass.

Nottingham is easily accessible via public transport connections from major uk airports and cities, including london. Airfield history ashley walk bombing range raf bardney and bomber command over europe raf binbrook raf binbrook qra shed chattis hill raf chilbolton raf davidstow moor raf donna nook and. Wynford vaughanthomas narrates a raid on berlin in 1943 tollerton airfield. It is the home of the royal air forces heavy lift helicopter, the chinook. The first written record of odihams existence is in the domesday book 1086, where it appears with its current spelling, although the spellings odiam and wudiham have sometimes been used since. The qaww2 name lives on with my new series of ww2 books containing largely unseen archive and personal photo collections. E of a32, 1nm s of odiham, 6nm ese of basingstoke, 8nm sw of aldershot period of operation.

Wyvern is the largest gliding club within the army gliding association and provides gliding as a recognized sport and approved adventurous training activity to all servicemen, retired servicemen and mod civilians and by exception other civilians can be invited to join. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside. If you are travelling with more than 1 infant aged 02, please book the additional. All visitors are to be hosted by a member of the station. The above photo kindly provided by brian james funnell shows the result an incident involving atlas 1 j8782, at odiham sometime in 1929.

The raf ceased operations at lasham in 1948, but a military aircraft company, general aircraft ltd, continued to fly from the airfield. The history of raf balderton raf newark 58 mu raf winthorpe. Army gliding club wyvern wyvern is the largest gliding. Raf odiham is home to the uk chinook force and operates three chinook squadrons. It will also provide air experience flights for all those interested in finding out. With its main runway over a mile long, it was home to the american air force 19431963 and was known as us air station 112.

Book now from across the uk with round the clock airport services. In july 1948 six vampires of no 54 squadron took off from odiham to make the first jet crossing of the atlantic. Wattisham airfield has had a long and distinguished history. Direct flights for 2020 season will begin on april 4th and will be operated on. With 38 acres in the heart of dundrum, airfield makes a funpacked family day out 15 minutes from dublin city. Wattisham airfield wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. In the domesday book of 1086 odiham, as a large royal manor, was the first entry in the hampshire folio. Egvo is a royal air force station situated a little to the south of the historic village of odiham in hampshire, england. History of raf odiham aircraft operations began from the site in 1925 but it was not until october 1937 that it was opened as a permanent airfield, ironically by the chief of staff for the luftwaffe. In june 1943 raf odiham came under the control of fighter command and later the 2 nd tactical air force and it played a central role in the preparations for the dday landings a year later.

In this photo the tower had not long had the crdf screen fitted, replacing the rdf system. East midlands airport joint committee, which was formed to find a site to replace burnaston aerodrome, buys castle donington airfield, a former raf. Book your train or coach ticket for the full journey from the airport to nottingham. From june 1945 raf odiham became part of transport command and was home to dakota aircraft of nos.

He is later said to have ordered his pilots not to attack his future headquarters. Find out about the opening times, facilities and more at nottingham coach station. The airfield is now owned by the largest british gliding club, also one of the worlds largest, lasham gliding society lgs. After the second world war wattisham became one of the uks frontline air force fighter airfields during the cold war with aircraft on quick reaction alert on a rotational basis with other uk fighter stations.