Slightly Possibly a sattelite/relief Airfield for Pershore ?

24 Aug 2023 15:05 #1 by WILLIAMARNOLD
On A ramble from Worcestershire Parkway Station  the nearby Bridle path  led me to this building at Approximately  grid ref SO 895 515 The building has a very much to me appearance of a WW2 building and its position at the end of a large flat field very suitable for a grass strip (see the 3rd picture) makes me wonder if it might be connected with a relief /sattalite  Airfield  

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24 Aug 2023 16:48 #2 by mbriscoe
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25 Aug 2023 13:54 #3 by PETERTHEEATER
No satellite airfields in that area.
I think this is your building William:

historicengland.org.uk/images-books/arch...tos/record/29294_002
 
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25 Aug 2023 15:52 #4 by Peter Kirk
Could be a number of things, even land army huts.

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28 Aug 2023 09:11 #5 by TerryClark
The brick built building certainly looks substantial enough to be of military construction; its position at an angle next to the railway line suggests possibly a small depot of some sort with a short siding.
Looking at the adjacent fields, none of them (in my opinion) is suitable for use for flying training (SLG/RLG) but maybe an ELG?
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28 Aug 2023 10:17 #6 by mbriscoe

The brick built building certainly looks substantial enough to be of military construction; its position at an angle next to the railway line suggests possibly a small depot of some sort with a short siding.
Looking at the adjacent fields, none of them (in my opinion) is suitable for use for flying training (SLG/RLG) but maybe an ELG?
 

Many WWII buildings were only built to last for only a few years, i.e. the expected duration of the war.  It is often difficult to distinguish between, military and agricultural (sometime mines as well) buildings because all very cheap construction.

At a gun site someone pointed the difference between WWI and WWII concrete structures, the WWI concrete was often higher quality and had lasted well.  (I think it was that way around!)



 

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06 Sep 2023 12:44 #7 by WILLIAMARNOLD
"Another possibility has come to mind after the possibility of it being associated with the main Birmingham to Cheltenham Rail line and that it was potentially a depot for the Norton Barracks tthat are within a mile or so .

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