RAF Hamworthy

50°42′20″N 001°57′30″W / 50.70556°N 1.95833°W / 50.70556; -1.95833TypeMilitary Seaplane BaseSite historyIn use1939-1948Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIGarrison informationGarrisonRAF Coastal CommandOccupantsNo.19 Group Coastal Command, Royal Navy, BOAC

Royal Air Force Hamworthy or more simply RAF Hamworthy is a former Royal Air Force Coastal Command seaplane base at Poole Harbour in Dorset, England which was operational between 1939 and 1948. During the Second World War, it was used by the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy and BOAC.

RAF units and aircraft

Unit	Dates	Aircraft	Variant	Notes
No. 210 Squadron RAF	1943	Consolidated PBY Catalina	IB	Detachments to Gibraltar.[1]
No. 461 Squadron RAAF	1942-1943	Short Sunderland	II and III	[2]

References

Citations

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• RAF Hamworthy on Dorset Airfields