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] The following units were here at some point:[2] The airfield was also used after the Second World War for storing ammunition.[7] 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]
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