Bridleway Gate
BRIDLEWAY GATE: Military RLG (Relief Landing Ground) Probably a SLG (Satellite Landing Ground?)
Military users: RAF 42 Group
Maintenance
Note: Apparently used by 11 SFTS
Location: In the fork between the A49 and B5063, 2nm N of SHAWBURY
Period of operation: 1941 to 1945
Runways: N/S 868 grass NE/SW 900 grass
E/W 941 grass SE/NW 1097 grass
NOTES: It’s well worth reading what Derrick Pratt and Mike Grant have to say about the rather shambolic state of affairs regarding this site in their excellent book Wings Across the Border.
theo barten
This comment was written on: 2018-07-09 18:46:57do you know if the ww2 control tower at Bridleway still exists? For our series 'All along the `Control Tower' we would like to know.. www.controltowers.eu thanks in advance.
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