Cocroft, W. D. (2017). Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: a reassessment of the Flying Field Conservation Area. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046208. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: a reassessment of the Flying Field Conservation Area
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Series:		 Historic England Research Reports
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Abstract:		 RAF Upper Heyford was founded during the First World War and was subsequently abandoned for a short period at the end of the war. In the 1920s it was re-established under Trenchard's scheme to provide permanent bases for the new service and was the exemplary airfield and the only one completed to the original design standards. During the Second World War the most significant change to the appearance of the airfield was the laying of concrete runways in a characteristic 'A' plan configuration. In the late 1940s the airfield was identified as one of a number that might accommodate United States bombers with the capability of attacking Eastern Europe with atomic weapons. To fulfi l this role the airfi eld was extensively reconstructed, including the lengthening of its runway, more extensive aircraft parking areas, the construction of new bombs stores, specialist maintenance hangars, and an increase in domestic accommodation. After a short period in the 1960s when aerial reconnaissance units were assigned to the base in 1970 it regained its nuclear deterrent role. From this date it was exclusively associated with the F-111-E 'Aardvark' one of the few NATO aircraft thought to be capable of penetrating into the heavily defended airspace of Eastern Europe. During the 1970s the airfield's landscape was again transformed through NATO's airfield survival measures leading to the construction of numerous hardened structures. With the end of the Cold War the last F-111-Es departed in 1993. Today, the flying field of former RAF Upper Heyford is an increasingly rare example of an unaltered Cold War fast jet airbase.
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Author:		 Wayne D Cocroft ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Historic England
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Oxfordshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Former RAF Upper Heyford
County: Oxfordshire
District: Cherwell
Parish: SOMERTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 451374, 227007 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) AIRFIELD (Monument Type England)
FIELD SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: englishh2-300910
OBIB: 74/2017
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Note:		 A4 bound report of 43pp.
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Created Date:		 12 Feb 2018