Bobbington
Bobbington is just on the county border with Shropshire (to the west), and is about 8 miles (13 km) east of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. It is only about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the border with West Midlands, and during World War II was home to Bobbington Airfield, renamed during the war as Halfpenny Green, and now known as Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport. On the 12 November 1943 a Royal Air Force, Handley Page Halifax Mk II (BB326) crashed shortly after taking off from Bobbington airfield due to a mechanical failure, killing seven of the eight crew.
In recent years Bobbington has seen favour in the commuter culture being roughly equidistant from many of the region's business centres Wolverhampton (9.5 miles (15.3 km)) Dudley (9.4 miles (15.1 km)), Stourbridge (10.5 miles (16.9 km)) and Bridgnorth (8.6 miles (13.8 km)).
Schools
- Corbett Primary School
See also
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Halifax II BB326 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]".
- ^ "Village's day of horror as mighty bomber came down". 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Military crashes in the north west Midlands - 1943".
External links
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