RAF Stanton Harcourt
Appearance
RAF Stanton Harcourt | |||||||||||
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Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire in England | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°44′31″N 001°24′33″W / 51.74194°N 1.40917°W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force Satellite station | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
In use | 1940-1946 | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 67 metres (220 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Stanton Harcourt or more simply RAF Stanton Harcourt is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 4.4 miles (7.1 km) southeast of Witney, Oxfordshire and 6.6 miles (10.6 km) west of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
Units
[edit]The following units were here at some point:[1]
- No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF
- No. 20 OTU
- No. 1341 (Special Duties) Flight RAF
- No. 1501 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
- No. 1682 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF
During the Second World War it was a satellite aerodrome for RAF Abingdon, to where No. 10 OTU crews would be sent once initial training was completed at Abingdon.
Current use
[edit]The site is now used for light industrial work and gravel pits.[1] It's now been developed into a housing estate with the original buildings destroyed.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Stanton Harcourt". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 9 February 2016.