Overview[]
It was a ruse of war and international disinformation campaign in the 1940s and early 1950s.
The plan[]
Spread a false rumor both locally and in international circles that a new special forces airbase was to be built near RAF Croughton. It was spread in the run-up to D-Day and during the first year of the 1950–1953 Korean War.
Stats[]
It would have been built with facility akin to the RAF maintenance depot and training g school at Oxford Airport. It was supposed to be 2 miles south of RAF Croughton.
See also[]
- Noteworthy Air bases
- RAF Croughton
- Oxford Airport
- RAF Smallcart (faked airfield)
Sources[]
UK tabloid newspapers in the late 1980s.