Stonehenge Aerodrome

It was built around 300 metres (980 ft) south-west of Stonehenge on the site of existing cottages, and spanned both sides of the New Direct Road turnpike (later designated as the A303).

[1] The base was opened in November 1917, construction having started earlier in that year, as part of the scaling up of military flying capability for World War I.

[3] The biography of David Clendon Hale, an American airman attached to the RAF, states that he completed a 32-day course as an observer at the night flying school at Stonehenge in May 1918.

108 Squadron RAF unit was formed at Stonehenge (or possibly the nearby Lake Down Aerodrome)[5] in November 1917, and was equipped with Airco DH.9 bombers.

The station is, however, of great importance to the Royal Air Force owning to its proximity to Larkhill and other artillery camps, and until an alternative arrangement can be found the aerodrome will have to remain".

[18] As a result, a fundraising effort was launched in August 1927 to raise enough money to demolish the aerodrome buildings and buy the land within the "Stonehenge skyline".