What remains here is pretty much either flooded or full of farm clutter nice walk around though but farmer permission is needed as the bloke is pretty touchy about people wandering around.
In December 1940, it was decided to build an airfield near the village of Wardle, Cheshire, north-west of Nantwich, as one of a number of airfields intended to boost the fighter defence of Merseyside.
The airfield was built by Peter Lind Ltd in 1941–1942, and had three concrete runways of between 1,100 yards (1,000 m) and 1,400 yards (1,300 m).[5]
By the time the airfield was complete, the need for fighter defences for the North-West of England had declined, so it was decided to use it for training, with the station opening as a Relief Landing Ground
for No. 5 Service Training Flying School (SFTS) based at RAF Ternhill in Shropshire on 14 March 1942.[6] 5 STFS was renamed No. 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit ((P)AFU) on 13 April 1942, continuing operations
both from Ternhill and its satellites, including Calverley, which was the only one of Ternhill's satellites to have hard runways
RAF CALVELEY (1) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (2) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (3) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (8) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (9) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (11) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (15) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (16) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (18) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (19) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (21) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (27) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (29) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E06808 (6) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E06808 (7) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E06808 (16) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E02029 (2) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E02029 (6) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E11222 by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E27843 (3) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E32715 (5) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E32716 (3) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E32716 (1) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E10332 (2) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
In December 1940, it was decided to build an airfield near the village of Wardle, Cheshire, north-west of Nantwich, as one of a number of airfields intended to boost the fighter defence of Merseyside.
The airfield was built by Peter Lind Ltd in 1941–1942, and had three concrete runways of between 1,100 yards (1,000 m) and 1,400 yards (1,300 m).[5]
By the time the airfield was complete, the need for fighter defences for the North-West of England had declined, so it was decided to use it for training, with the station opening as a Relief Landing Ground
for No. 5 Service Training Flying School (SFTS) based at RAF Ternhill in Shropshire on 14 March 1942.[6] 5 STFS was renamed No. 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit ((P)AFU) on 13 April 1942, continuing operations
both from Ternhill and its satellites, including Calverley, which was the only one of Ternhill's satellites to have hard runways
RAF CALVELEY (1) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (2) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (3) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (8) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (9) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (11) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (15) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (16) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (18) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (19) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (21) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (27) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
RAF CALVELEY (29) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E06808 (6) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E06808 (7) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E06808 (16) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E02029 (2) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E02029 (6) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E11222 by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E27843 (3) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E32715 (5) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E32716 (3) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E32716 (1) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr
E10332 (2) by Rich Cooper 2012, on Flickr