Located in the parish of Compton, the historical farm is currently a controversial issue as part of the Guildford Borough Council’s Local Plan consultation.

Also used by the Canadian Army, the farm was finally converted into flats for wartime evacuees by the Guildford Rural District Council.

The Sabre crashed into a field of growing rye at Blackwell Farm about 150 yards from the nearest building and left a crater 30 feet in diameter.

Milton Gray Whitford, the pilot, ejected from his aircraft before the crash and landed in the garden of a house in Ripley with only cuts on his face.

Bought in 1986 by the University of Surrey to become the residence of the Vice-Chancellor, the estate of Blackwell Farm is now a controversial topic since its owner has announced its plan to build approximately 2,000 new homes on the green belt land.