Haddenham Airfield
airport in the United Kingdom
Haddenham Airfield was an airfield on the outskirts of the English village of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire.
Originally a Second World War airfield called RAF Thame it later came under civil owners Airtech Limited who were based there until the 1990s.
History
The site was originally RAF Thame.
The following units were posted here at some point:
No. 1 Glider Training School RAF.
No. 2 Glider Training School RAF.
No. 5 (Training) Ferry Pool ATA.
No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF.
ATA Initial Flying Training School.
ATA (Training) Ferry Pool.
Glider Instructors School RAF.
Glider Training Squadron RAF.
Current use
In 1965 the airfield started gliding operations run by the Upward Bound Trust.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Haddenham Airfield” as airport in the United Kingdom. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as airport in the United Kingdom. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3914456. Authority coordinates are 51.776, -0.942. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1965.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Haddenham Airfield”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Haddenham Airfield primary sources, Haddenham Airfield archive and Haddenham research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Haddenham Airfield”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Haddenham Airfield” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.