Rendcomb airfield

[tmmorris]

Happened to be near this on foot today and so went to have a nose. What an amazing survival from WW1 - admittedly I don’t know whether the buildings (eight 'shed' hangars in two rows back to back, one brick hangar, 'engine house' I.e, fire section) are original or reconstructed from wrecks, but it’s a lovely little airfield. Little it definitely is, although no doubt plenty for the WW1 aircraft and for the Aerosuperbatics/Breitling Wing Walkers Stearmans.

[Jan Olieslagers]

Your enhusiasm is charming, but what airfield are you actually talking about? Is it really an active aerodrome these days? References and/or coordinates?

Or would you be meaning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Chedworth perhaps?

[Johnm]

It’s an active aerodrome but privately owned and not for visitors, except those invited by the operator. Chedworth is long gone though many traces remain. Both a few miles up the road from my house

[Jan Olieslagers]

It’s an active aerodrome but privately owned and not for visitors, except those invited by the operator

Thanks, that's not unexpected - many such fields in UK.

[tmmorris]

Amazingly there isn’t any sign of it on Wikipedia. Try a google images search though which throws up a photo of Bristol fighters there, plus some good pics of the hangars etc.

PS I also had a bit of a nose at Chedworth but nothing much to see except some peri track and a few derelict buildings

[BirdmanBerry]

Chedworth is long gone. I spent my childhood racing motorbikes and quads around the old runways as my friends family owned it. It was used by an R/C club a long whilst back but not sure now.

He definitely means Rendcombe and yes the Utterly Butterly's (or whatever they're called now) fly out of there.

[chevvron]

Happened to be in Cirencester in '91 and having a spare morning, decided to visit Chedworth Roman Villa, so I followed the road to Chedworth disused (still quite a bit to see then but as I said it was '91) didn't find the villa so went back towards Cirencester.
I later found out I'd driven past Rendcomb twice and hadn't seen a thing!!

[Glevum]

The correct name is Rendcomb with no e on the end.

Rendcomb - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK (http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/rendcomb/)

[Jan Olieslagers]

Do I understand right that Rendcombe with the final e is an earlier spelling?

[[ edited to add the d in the middle ]]

[BossEyed]

I don't believe so. My understanding is that the village name has always had a 'd' and a single 'e'.

Always? Well, since the 19th Century. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086 AD) with different spellings!

[Glevum]

The airfield is named after the village.

Neither currently have an e on the end of the name