 "During the First World War, RAF Long Newnton was built on a farm, an RAF base that consisted of an aerial gunnery range, and then was used for storage of ammunition and bombs.When the war was finished great efforts were made to remove the bombs and ammunition from the site for safety.In 1939 RAF Long Newnton was made into a decoy airfield, as part of the planning for World War Two which involved strategic lighting to fool Germans yet allow the RAF fighters to avoid landing there.