I believe that in 1943 it was still called the Great West Aerodrome and that the new name of Heathrow did not apply until 1944.
It was in common use much earlier. From the Northolt ORB:
21-06-41: 308 Squadron – The whole squadron at readiness. Signal announcing move of squadron to Heathrow – 11 Group. Squadron can’t quite make out what is behind this – but if it means chances of scrap all the better.
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
Probably another of those interchangeable names until the VHT airfield was built. I'm sure I have also seen it referred to as "The Great West Aerodrome at Heathrow (Heath Row).
There is also the problem of split names and you can't always rely on maps as the keep changing them. One absurdity was the road name where I grew up was Crouchcroft but the sign at one end had "Crouch Croft" and the sign at the other Crouchcroft" I think there was also the case of a railway company typo on a station sign causing the place to change its name - where was that?
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
Only place I know of that changed its name was Nelson in Lancashire. Originally it was called Marsden, the station was by a pub called the Nelson and when the railway arrived train guards called out Nelson. Gradually over time the railway apparently changed the name of the station to Nelson and eventually the place itself change the name. Well thats what I was told anyway!!
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