Smiths Lawn
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Smiths Lawn
In Windsor Great Park is Smiths Lawn home of the Guards Polo Club, I have been told that during the war it was used as an airfield. I have been there quite a few times and the only sign I can find of any aeronautical past is a house on the edge of the polo fields called "The Flying Barn". Does anyone have any information or pictures of it being used as an airfield. I found a book on the history of the polo club but it only starts at 1955 and does not mention any use as one.
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Not sure but I once read a book called 'Beneath the City Streets' where it mentioned an aircraft factory underneath the nearby Wentworth Golf Course; I believe it was a 'shadow' for Vickers who built Wellingtons there and they were then trucked to Smith's Lawn for assembly and test flying. There was a T2 hangar there at one time.
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B.B.Halpenny, Action Stations/8, P.203: end-1940 Bellman hangar assembling 65 Wimpeys. 7/41 - 2/45, RLG for Fairoaks EFTS. 1944 MAP storage site for Warwicks. USAAF strip for Grasshoppers.
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Thanks for the info, I live just across the road from Wentworth, I will get my bike out over the weekend and go for a cycle round to see if I can anything.
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Thanks for the info, I live just across the road from Wentworth, I will get my bike out over the weekend and go for a cycle round to see if I can anything.
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From my records:
Smiths Lawn Windsor Great Park N51:25:27 W000:36:22 1941 RAF. 50 Grp. EFTS RLG
RAF records tend not to mention any manufacturing activity so that is news to me.
Smiths Lawn Windsor Great Park N51:25:27 W000:36:22 1941 RAF. 50 Grp. EFTS RLG
RAF records tend not to mention any manufacturing activity so that is news to me.
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If you are still looking for info on Smiths Lawn, I have some references/photos of it in use. PM me if you are interested.
BTW - the 'Flying Barn' has no connection with aviation. Its the name given to a farm barn originally constructed in the 18th Century which was portable - ie it could be towed from one point to another on the farm. There was one located here in the time of GeorgeIII, and the 'local' name has stuck.
If you are still looking for info on Smiths Lawn, I have some references/photos of it in use. PM me if you are interested.
BTW - the 'Flying Barn' has no connection with aviation. Its the name given to a farm barn originally constructed in the 18th Century which was portable - ie it could be towed from one point to another on the farm. There was one located here in the time of GeorgeIII, and the 'local' name has stuck.
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