It was clear by the mid-1930s that war in Europe
would break out sooner or later. By this time Brooklands Aviation Ltd
had built a maintenance and repair facility at their base in Surrey
which also operated as a training centre for RAF pilots.
By late 1935 the aerodrome was the centre for the final assembly of
Hawker aircraft as well as test flying and delivering Hurricane
fighter planes to the RAF. In 1940, 954 squadron was formed with the
responsibility of control of a cluster of balloon sites in and around
the Brooklands area.
An obvious air raid target, shelters were built into a nearby
abandoned sandstone quarry to provide extra protection for the
personnel stationed at Brooklands.
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