RAF Southrop
Airport in Gloucestershire, England
RAF Southrop
Location in Gloucestershire
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ft | m | ||
| 04/22 | 3,060 | 0 | Grass |
| 14/32 | 2,790 | 0 | Grass |
| E/W | 3,450 | 0 | Grass |
Royal Air Force Southrop or more simply RAF Southrop is a former Royal Air Force satellite station west of the village of Southrop, Gloucestershire during the Second World War from August 1940 to November 1945.[1]
It had three grass runways,[2] It was used as a Relief Landing Ground for Airspeed Oxford and Harvard training aircraft for No. 23 Group RAF.[3]
The defences included a double pillbox.[4]
The following units were here at some point:[5]
- No. 2 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
- No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAF
- No. 3 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
- No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF
- No. 27 Group Communication Flight RAF
- No. 27 (Signals Training) Group RAF
- No. 1539 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
Current use
The site is currently farmland.[5]
References
- ^ "Southrop Relief Landing Ground". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "RAF Southrop". Lost Airfields. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "RAF Southrop, Glos". Derelict Places. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "RAF Southrop Defences". Pillbox Study Group. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Southrop". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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