Current Use
Oakley closed to flying in August 1945, but remains very visibly a wartime airfield, whose main runway remains largely intact like a 'T2' hangar retaining its wartime black finish. Temporary brick wartime buildings stand alongside and Oakley holds one special feature, a well-preserved 'B1' hangar.
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