RAF Longtown

RAF Longtown
Longtown, Cumbria in England
RAF Longtown Shown within Cumbria RAF Longtown RAF Longtown (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	55°00′21″N 002°55′15″W
Type	Royal Air Force satellite station
Code	IO
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 * No. 9 Group RAF * No. 13 Group RAF * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Coastal Command 1943- * No. 17 Group RAF
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	July 1941 - April 1946 (1946)
Airfield information
Elevation	30 metres (98 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00 2,000 yards (1,829 m) Concrete 00/00 1,380 yards (1,262 m) Concrete 00/00 1,150 yards (1,052 m) Concrete

Royal Air Force Longtown or more simply RAF Longtown is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Longtown, Cumbria and 7.7 miles (12.4 km) northeast of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

History

The following units were posted here at some point:

• No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF
• No. 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
• No. 9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
• No. 41 Squadron RAF between 1 August and 11 August 1942 with Supermarine Spitfire VB's
• No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF
• No. 59 Operational Training Unit RAF
• No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
• No. 1521 (Radio Aids Training) Flight RAF
• No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF

Current use

The site is currently farmland.

References

Bibliography

• Falconer, Jonathan (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.