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Birmingham Elmdon Airport
Hob Uid: 1395007
Location : Solihull, Birmingham Bickenhill and Marston Green Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SP1720084000
Summary : A former World War two military airfield opened in 1939, now a civil airport. The airfield at Elmdon was used as an Elementary Flying Training School (for 51 Group) during World War Two. The wartime airfield had two intersecting concrete runways and was provided with a number of Blister and Bellman type aircraft hangars as well as utilising civillian hangars. By the 1980s the site had been redeveloped as Birmingham (Elmdon) Airport, and the airfield was extended to the north west. Some of the World war two defences survive, see SP 18 SE 15 and SP 18 SE 16. Wartime construction methods typically involved the use of "temporary materials" for many building types.
More information : A former World War two military airfield opened in 1939, now a civil airport. The airfield at Elmdon was used as an Elementary Flying Flying Training School (for 51 Group) during World War Two. The wartime airfield had two intersecting concrete runways and was provided with a number of Blister and Bellman type aircraft hangars as well as utilising civillian hangars. The source contains a sketch map of the airfield layout. (1) Additional reference detailing the airport's history (2) Birmingham (Elmdon) Airport SP 172 840 (NAT). The OS sheets for SP 18 SE and SP 18 NE shows that by 1983 the airport was extended greatly to the north west in relation to its wartime layout shown in source 1. (3) RAF Elmdon (Birmingham) Noted as a WWII airfield on the Defence of Britain Database at SP 172 840. (4)

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Source details : Cheater BJ, 1979: "Birmingham Airport : 40th anniversary, 1939-1979", British Publishing Company, Gloucester.
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Source details : 1:10000, 1983
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Source details : The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm
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Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Post war
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Monument Start Date : 1945
Monument Type : Civil Airport
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : WWII
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Military Airfield
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Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : from 1939
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Airfield, Military Airfield, Bellman Aircraft Hangar, Blister Aircraft Hangar, Aircraft Hangar
Evidence : Structure, Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Defence of Britain Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0004058
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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0004058
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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Non Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : 3690
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 18 SE 14
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01

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Activity type : THEMATIC SURVEY
Start Date : 2012-01-01
End Date : 2012-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Birmingham Elmdon Airport