Site of a WWI landing ground at Runwell, Runwell Airfield (EHER 19359)

Now demolished. The site of a WWI airfield in use from 1917 to 1919. The airfield was a Second Class landing ground allocated to 61 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The site covered 32 acres and the personnel who manned the airfield were accommodated in a wooden bungalow just to the South. This building was demolished in the late 1970s.

A Second Class landing ground, occupying 32 acres, allocated to RFC 61 Squadron and operational from 1917 to 1919. Runwell was unusual in that personnel manning the site were accommodated in a timber bungalow on a plot of land South of the landing ground known as Garden Mead. This building was demolished in the late 1970s. <1> While the outer boundaries of the airfield survive, little of its nature can be discerned as the site has been spilt into smaller pockets lined by tree belts and the area along Church End Farm has been developed into housing. There would appear to be little archaeological potential relating to WWI in this site. <2> NRHE data transfer: Runwell was operational from October 1917 - November 1918 (last known date). <3>