Little Onn is a hamlet in Staffordshire, England located in open countryside 1 mile (2 km) north of Wheaton Aston.
Little Onn | |
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![]() Disused hangar at the former airfield in Little Onn | |
![]() Disused watch tower | |
Location within Staffordshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ839160 |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
It is the location of the former Second World War airfield RAF Wheaton Aston, a training school - one of the busiest in the country - that operated between 1941 and 1947. Since being abandoned the airfield has become a pig farm but many of the original buildings remain.
References
edit- Raven, Michael, A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, Michael Raven, 2004, 0906114330.