Honeybourne
HONEYBOURNE: Military aerodrome
Aerial view
Note: This picture (2017) was obtained from Google Earth ©
As can be seen, the extent of the WW2 airfield can still be clearly seen seventy years later.
Military user: RAF Bomber Command 91 Group
24 OTU [Operational Training Unit] (Vickers Wellingtons)
Location: NE of B4035, 4.5nm E of Evesham
Period of operation: 1941 to 1946
Runways: 05/23 1280x46 hard 11/29 1189x46 hard
17/35 1006x46 hard
NOTES: After WW2 a disposal site for Hamilcar gliders. Presumably they set fire them?
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