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Cranage (Byley)

Major
Also known as: Cranage Aerodrome / RAF Cranage
County: Cheshire
Current Status: Farmland (main position) / Industry (main position) / Leisure activity
Date: July 1940 - 1 July 1957
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF (main user) / RAF (Polish) / USAF
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later metal
Aircraft Roles: Fighter / Trainer (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/08/2017):

  • Byley Field Target Club
  • Byley Freemans
  • Byley Parish Council
  • Cranage Parish Council
  • The Three Greyhounds Inn, Allostock - serves Byley Bomber ale which commemorates airfield

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 2 School of Air Navigation
  • No 4 ACHU
  • No 5 SFTS 
  • No 11 (P) AFU
  • No 11 SFTS 
  • No 12 (P) AFU
  • No 20 Personnel Transit Centre
  • No 61 MU
  • No 90 Initial Training Wing (FE)
  • No 96 Sqn
  • No 190 EGS / NW190 EGS
  • No 190 GS
  • No 307 Sqn
  • No 422 (Fighter Interception) Flight
  • No 1531 BAT Flight
  • No 2778 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • No 2787 Sqn RAF Regiment
  • Central Navigation School
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A sleeping shelter at Cranage, 3 August 2017.

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Battle Headquarters and machine gun emplacement at Cranage, 4 August 2017.

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A machine gun emplacement at Cranage, 4 August 2017.

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Battle Headquarters at Cranage, 4 August 2017.

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A pillbox at Cranage, 4 August 2017.

Footage from Cranage in 1980. Courtesy of 1tothirtysix

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Calveley

Decoy Airfield(s):

Betchton

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