RAF Brunton

RAF Brunton
Beadnell, Northumberland in England
Wartime shelter on the airfield
RAF Brunton Shown within Northumberland RAF Brunton RAF Brunton (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	55°31′28″N 1°40′39″W
Type	Royal Air Force satellite station
Code	BN
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command * No. 9 Group RAF * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)/42
In use	August 1942-1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	24 metres (79 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 02/20 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) Tarmac 08/26 940 metres (3,084 ft) Tarmac 14/32 970 metres (3,182 ft) Tarmac

Royal Air Force Brunton or more simply RAF Brunton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station in Northumberland, England, close to the hamlet of Brunton.

The following units were here at some point:

• Satellite for No. 56 Operational Training Unit RAF (December 1944 - May 1945)
• Satellite for No. 59 OTU (August 1942 - January 1944)
• No. 2772 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2879 Squadron RAF Regiment
• Fighter Leaders School RAF (1944)

Post-war

The field was used for civil aviation after the war and by the Borders Parachute Centre until at least 2003, but was sold and closed soon after that date; in a 2021 accident report it is referred to as a "disused airfield".

References

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 0-85130-252-1.