233Sqn wrote:
> The white "square building" on the corner of the hangar was the original
> Great West aerodrome control tower
233SQN wrote:
> No Completely different.... This tower was on the North side and was built
> as part of the military expansion, but continued in use into the civilian period.
>The original control tower attached to the Fairey hangar wasn't really a control
> tower at all.... more of an observation area and flying control, and was in the
> middle of the airport
Fairey's pre-1944 grass airfield also had a cluster of small buildings by its east edge, at least up to 1934. One pre-war map marks "Radio" by them. They started as the farm buildings of Gamble's Farm, which Fairey bought as part of its airfield. (Similar happened with pre-war Ringway south of Manchester: it included Firtree Farm on the south side of Yewtree Lane, and they kept its farm buildings as airfield service buildings.)