Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: A Reassessment of the Flying Field Conservation Area

by Wayne D Cocroft

RAF Upper Heyford was founded during the First World War and after a short period of abandonment was re-established during the 1920s. During the Second World War the most significant change to the appearance of the airfield was the laying of concrete runways in a characteristic 'A' plan configuration. In the late 1940s the airfield was identified as one of a number that might accommodate United States bombers with the capability of attacking Eastern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848025106
• ISBN13: 9781848025103
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Historic England in Association with Liverpoo
• Length: 48 Pages