USAAF Use
Although not previously allocated for US Ninth Air Force use, IX Troop Carrier Command wished to move the four C-47 groups of 50th Troop Carrier Wing from the Leicester-Grantham area to the southwest where they would be closer to the units of the 101st Airborne Division which they were to lift during the invasion. In consequence, the Air Ministry made available suitably sited airfields including Weston Zoyland. All RAF flying units had moved out. Meanwhile, in common with most other bases designated for troop carrier use, US engineers laid some 500 ft of Pierced Steel Planking (PSP) each side of the main runway heads and camp beds were set up in the hangars to accommodate the paratroops.
Weston Zoyland was known as USAAF Station AAF-447 for security reasons during the war while under American control, and by which it was referred to instead of location. Its Station-ID was "ZW".
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