Anyone passing through the village of Little Snoring may have had occasion to wonder about the fate of Little Snoring Airfield.
Author and historian Peter Cotterill shed light on this mystery at an early December Christmas dinner meeting of the Holt Probus Club at The Venue community centre in Kerridge Way in the town.
Mr Cotterill told of how the airfield was built for RAF Bomber Command in the early years of the Second World War.
The field was big enough to cater for Mosquitoes and Lancaster bombers, which were based there from 1943 until 1945. The RAF continued to use the site until 1958.
The site now houses the McAully Flying Group - which has impressive club premises - and the Light Aircraft Company, which has an aircraft maintenance facility and builds Sherwood Ranger microlight planes.
The Probus club, for retired men, meets on the first Wednesday of each month, and is looking to increase its membership.
Anyone interested in joining can contact the club through their website holtprobusclub.wordpress.com, or email chairman Alan Taylor at alantay41@outlook.com.
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