Whitchurch (Tilstock) Airfield

Whitfield (Tilstock) Airfield is an airfield located in Shropshire, England, close to the village of Prees and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the village of Tilstock and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Whitchurch, near the junction of the A41 and A49.

[4][5] After the war ended, the facilities were downgraded, with the British Government keeping ownership of the site for Army training purposes.

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the site became an internment camp for screening Austrian and German refugees,[3] with capacity added for holding 2,000 men by the erection of a large tented village.

663 (AOP) Squadron RAF used the facilities of the otherwise non-operational airfield during weekends for liaison flights with Royal Artillery units on training exercises.

In the 1990s, the club was taken over and run on a more commercial basis, but due to local disputes over noise and some financial difficulties the regularity of flying days declined.

Tilstock airfield in 1952 with an Auster AOP.6 of 663 (AOP) Squadron Royal Air Force on a weekend exercise