HER Record
HER ID: 63446, Odiham Airfield
HER Summary: RAF airfield
HER Category: Monument
HER Web Link: No link available
Investigation Activities
Type: Research
Description: Publication research
Date Range: 1993 - 1993
Type: Research
Description: Publication research
Date Range: 1993 - 1993
Historic Events
Type: Created
Classification: Airfield
Form: Unknown
Description: First used in 1925 by RAF as a summer camp landing ground, it was officially opened in 1937 and hard runways were laid in 1938.
Date Range: 1925 - 1938
Type: Enlarged
Classification: Military Airfield
Form: No information available
Description: During WWII the airfield incorporated Isnams Farm and part of Snatchangers and Down Farms. The first crossing of the Atlantic by a jet-propelled aeroplane was made form here in 1948.
Date Range: 1939 - 1948
Type: Built
Classification: Aircraft Hangar
Form: No information available
Description: Early 50's the main runway was extended and hardstandings and a new hangar were built on the south side of the field. The airfield received the freedom of the Borough of Basingstoke in 1953 as part of the Queen's Coronation celebrations
Date Range: 1950 - 1955
Type: Created
Classification: Airfield
Form: Unknown
Description: First used in 1925 by RAF as a summer camp landing ground, it was officially opened in 1937 and hard runways were laid in 1938.
Date Range: 1925 - 1938
Type: Enlarged
Classification: Military Airfield
Form: No information available
Description: During WWII the airfield incorporated Isnams Farm and part of Snatchangers and Down Farms. The first crossing of the Atlantic by a jet-propelled aeroplane was made form here in 1948.
Date Range: 1939 - 1948
Type: Built
Classification: Aircraft Hangar
Form: No information available
Description: Early 50's the main runway was extended and hardstandings and a new hangar were built on the south side of the field. The airfield received the freedom of the Borough of Basingstoke in 1953 as part of the Queen's Coronation celebrations
Date Range: 1950 - 1955
