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Although RAF Bridgnorth was situated at Stanmore, around a mile east of Bridgnorth, it was named RAF Bridgnorth to avoid confusion with the existing RAF Stanmore Park near London. More than a million men and women received their basic training at RAF Bridgnorth between 1939 and 1963<ref name=Brooks>Shropshire Airfields in the Second World War, Robin J [[Bibliography#Other References|Brooks (2008)]] pp. 6, ISBN 979 1 84674 105 042-48</ref>, many of whom arrived and left via nearby [[Bridgnorth| Bridgnorth station]].