Membury Airfield

Membury in Wiltshire opened in 1942 and was initailly handed to the USAAF including fighter groups and troop carrier units.In July 1945 the airfield returned to RAF use with Dakotas of 52 Squadron but it closed the following October. The airfield remained in general use in to the 1960s but the M4 motorway was then built through the middle of the main runway. Never the less a small airfiled remains in use to this day and a memorial is in a motorwat service area built on the old airfield, albeit the plaque appears to have been stolen.