Mixbury
Note: This map only gives the general location within the UK. If anybody can kindly provide a more exact location for the SLG, this advice will be most welcome.
MIXBURY: Military Landing Ground
Military users: RAF 41 Group, Maintenance Command
SLG [Satellite Landing Ground] for LITTLE RISSINGTON
(Hawker Hurricanes, Vickers-Supermarine Spitfires & Handley Page Halifaxs)
Note: Satellite Landing Grounds were usually used for open storage where replacement aircraft could be held, under camouflage, and relatively safe from enemy attack.
Location: In Shelswell Park, on the A421 near Mixbury village about 8nm W of Buckingham
Period of operation: 1940 to 1945
Runways: Two grass runways it seems, the main runway being E/W and the second roughly 03/21
NOTES: The observant visitor to this 'Guide', (if they don't already know), might well wonder why this site was known as MIXBURY. The answer is, in nearly all cases, that this was where the nearest telegraph office was situated, and where urgent messages could be sent and received. It seems that the telegraph network had at least two advantages, especially in wartime conditions. Firstly it appears to have been a bit more reliable than the telephone system, but secondly and of more significance, these messages were sent and received in written form - so a safe record could be kept.
sue webb
This comment was written on: 2018-02-08 09:07:07Fascinating. I was born in 1947 and I grew up in Mixbury with family in the surrounding area and this airfield was never mentioned until yesterday! Certainly secret. Now I know it's obvious!
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