Cranage (Byley)
Major
| Also known as: | Cranage Aerodrome / RAF Cranage / RAF Station, Cranage |
| County: | Cheshire |
| Current Status: | Farmland (main position) / Industry (main position) / Leisure activity |
| Date: | July 1940 - 1 July 1957 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RAF (Polish) / USAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved, later metal |
| Aircraft Roles: | Fighter / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/08/2017):
- Byley Field Target Club
- Byley Freemans
- Byley Parish Council
- Cranage Parish Council
- The Three Greyhounds Inn, Allostock - serves Byley Bomber ale which commemorates airfield
Main unit(s) present:
- No 2 School of Air Navigation
- No 4 ACHU
- No 5 SFTS
- No 11 (P) AFU
- No 11 SFTS
- No 12 (P) AFU
- No 20 Personnel Transit Centre
- No 61 MU
- No 90 Initial Training Wing (FE)
- No 96 Sqn
- No 190 EGS / NW190 EGS
- No 190 GS
- No 307 Sqn
- No 422 (Fighter Interception) Flight
- No 1531 BAT Flight
- No 2778 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2787 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Central Navigation School
- Station Flight, Cranage
A sleeping shelter at Cranage, 3 August 2017.
Battle Headquarters and machine gun emplacement at Cranage, 4 August 2017.
A machine gun emplacement at Cranage, 4 August 2017.
Battle Headquarters at Cranage, 4 August 2017.
A pillbox at Cranage, 4 August 2017.
Footage from Cranage in 1980. Courtesy of 1tothirtysix