Castle Donington had 3 runways but by 1945 the sw/ne runway was declared unusable. There was a tower, it was situated just north of the end of the present Anson Road, as was the signals square and the letters 'CD'. The T2 hangar stood until at least the mid 1970s and another hangar was built on its footprint - that is why the maintenance area is at a 45 degree angle as it followed the alignment of the original peri track. There was an Italian PoW camp at the end of the Diseworth Road at the crossroads and the men worked on the base.