Montford Bridge
MONTFORD BRIDGE: Military aerodrome later private airfield
Military users: RAF Fighter Command 12 Group
61 OTU [Operational Training Unit] (Vickers-Supermarine Spitfires & North American P-51 Mustangs)
US Army Air Force liaison (Or so it appears - is anything known?)
34 MU [Maintenance Unit)
Note: It appears that from June to December 1945, 34 MU were engaged in scrapping Hotspur gliders and Miles Masters delivered in from SHOBDON
Location: At Forton Heath, N of Montford Bridge, N of the A5, 4nm NW of Shrewsbury
Period of operation: Military: 1942 to 1945 Civil: 1980s only?
Runways: 07/25 1344x46 hard 02/20 1189x46 hard
15/33 914x46 hard
NOTES: In WW2 the runway surface was listed as being tarmac with rubber chippings and in late 1944 700 RAF plus 63 WAAFs were based here.
In 1985 listed as being used for private flying but for how long did this take place? Perhaps it still does of course; just because a airfield is shown as disused on modern charts doesn’t actually prove that somebody isn’t using it, especially with a microlight.
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