Just as a reminder to those of you who are new to the area, the airfield was in the front line during the second world war, but it was also being used before then. At this particular point in the aerodrome pilots practiced dropping bombs in a specific target area. The practice bombs themselves were very crude devices dropped using just as crude launching mechanisms. They were built with metal cannisters filled with concrete (for weight) and a small charge designed to blow the tail from the bomb so that the observers could see where these bombs had hit.

It might not be beyond the realms of possibility that some of these practice bombs did not go off. Likewise, as the aerodrome was ploughed, the bombs themselves have spread further out from the practice circle. If you should find any of these bombs it is recommended that you call the police and let them deal with it.

The land owners and developers, Pentland Homes, have engaged a private firm called BACTEC to discover and dispose of any of the bombs that might be remaining. Call it coincidence, but the majority of any ordnance will now be buried under the new Hawkinge mountain in the middle of the aerodrome!