Blidworth

**derek wilson** · 30-03-2010, 17:54

hello , does anyone have any information on the ww2 blidworth airfield, photos would be great also, it is for a project for my local history group..anything will be most useful, thanks derek wilson

**Miley** · 07-11-2010, 21:46

I believe the longdale lane craft centre (the old mess buildings) has a booklet for sale.

**PETERTHEEATER** · 08-11-2010, 04:44

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**Kevin** · 07-07-2011, 23:32

Was there ever an actual control tower at Blidworth, and is there an existing photo?
kevin.

**PETERTHEEATER** · 08-07-2011, 09:26

It was a Satellite Landing Ground used for the storage of aircraft and would have had a building used as a Watch Office but not a 'Control Tower' as found at operational airfields. Probably a Timber hut.

**tigger** · 16-12-2011, 13:07

MONUMENT NO. 1419411 on Pastscape is an entry for a battle headquarters at Blidworth. Source is shown as DoB database.

Would Blidworth really have had a building set aside as a bhq?

**PETERTHEEATER** · 17-12-2011, 02:47

It's quite possible. An SLG would have had a lot of valuable aircraft to protect but the manpower would hardly have been sufficient to defend against an enemy airborne/ground attack. If the NGR given is correct, the BHQ was on the corner of a small wood. That area is now covered in new (postwar) plantations and any surviving structure would be in the wood.

**tigger** · 17-12-2011, 11:09

Thanks Peter. I have several more references to BHQs at SLGs. In no case do I have an accurate location or description. A six figure OSGB reference normally describes a 100m x 100m square NOT a point and many DoB sourced ones have been wildly inaccurate.