Building record 1296/1/4 - Dispersed Site 9, Cheveston Airfield

The Second World War dispersed Site 9 for RAF Chelveston was visible on historical aerial photographs. They were originally the accommodation quarters for the airmen working at the airfield prior to the USAAF taking over in 1942. No buildings remain extant and the areas is now a dense wood copse, though the lidar suggests the air raid shelters are still present and the footings of the buildings are visible on the ground. An extant WW2 stanton shelter has been identified within the spinney.

{1} Concrete structure in Newton Spinney.

{2} Photograph.

{3-6} The Second World War dispersed Site 9 for RAF Chelveston was visible on historical aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the Bedford Borough NMP project. Site 9 is centred at SP 99077 66520 and were originally the accommodation quarters for the airmen working at the airfield prior to the USAAF taking over in 1942. No buildings remain extant and the areas is now a dense wood copse, though the lidar suggests the air raid shelters are still present and the footings of the buildings are visible on the ground.

<1> Pillbox Study Group, Unknown, Pillbox Study Group, e28780 (Website). SNN111964.

<2> Geograph Project, Geograph, Accessed 30/07/2020; SP9966 (Website). SNN112020.

<3> Royal Air Force, 1940s, RAF Vertical Aerial Photographs, RAF/CPE/UK/1925 RS 4260 16-JAN-2019 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN105266.

<4> Vertical Aerial Photograph, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SP9966 01-JUN-2014 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN112695.

<5> RAF Chelveston Record Site Plan 4386/44 (Plan). SNN112696.

<6> Environment Agency, LIDAR Composite DTM - 1m, LIDAR SP9966 Environment Agency 1M DTM 01 Oct 2014 - 31 May 2017 (Digital Plots). SNN111710.

<7> Bedford Borough Council HER, Undated, Bedford Borough NMP (Archive). SNN113023.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 6:54PM