RAF Kidlington

RAF Kidlington opened just north of Oxford in 1938 and served throughout the war as a flying-training and maintenance station rather than an operational one. A series of service flying training schools and elementary, advanced and glider-training units passed through it, alongside maintenance units and, for short periods, a handful of operational squadrons. Its grass field was busy with trainers such as the Airspeed Oxford, turning out pilots and glider crews. Civil flying training and general aviation took over after the war, and the airfield — greatly expanded and now known as London Oxford Airport — remains busy today.