It is a former Royal Air Force Second World War bomber training facility, now a business park and airfield which is home to the Light Aircraft Association.

[4] Based on 220 acres (89 ha) of land in the northwest corner of Buckinghamshire, just off the A43 road and located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the market town of Brackley, RAF Turweston served as a bomber training school during the Second World War.

Other types located at Turweston included: Airspeed Oxford; Westland Lysander; de Havilland Mosquito and the Hawker Hurricane.

It was reported by the RAF that the accident occurred due to the pilot's error of judgement, attempting to go round on one engine following an incorrect approach to the airfield.

Turweston Aerodrome re-opened for business in 1994, having been rebuilt as a combined airfield, aero-club, flight school and rally track.

The new conference facilities were opened in 2004, and the location has also served as a dance or rave venue,[7][8] including the Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem festival in 2008 and 2009.

Until 2011, Turweston hosted an annual Wings & Wheels event, which in addition to aircraft, showcased vintage cars, motorbikes, tractors and farm machinery.