Castle Donnington
Hello Mickey,
To add to the jigsaw pieces of information .In the 1981 edition of Action Stations 2 by Bruce Barrymore Halfpenny , on page 61 ,there is an oblique aerial shot showing the grass runway and many of the wartime hangers and infrastructure relative to the new 27/09 and terminal.
The date of the photo is not shown but was certainly a lot earlier than 1981 which was when I first operated commercially from CD and I found the detail of the photo quite interesting.
The book was published by Patrick Stephens. ISBN 0-85059-484-7.
These books are still in circulation second hand as they are regarded as something of a historical reference manual .
Regards
MN retd