List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds explained

A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass runways which is designed throughout to be hidden from aerial observation by blending into forests and other natural features to hide the presence of aircraft and associated buildings. The landing grounds were mainly used by RAF Maintenance Units (MU) which used the areas to disperse aircraft to reduce the likelihood of attacks from the air. Some improvements and upgrades to aircraft were performed at these sites but overall it was kept to a minimum. Some support buildings came about by using requisitioned buildings on the land.

A satellite station is not the same as a Satellite Landing Ground.

Satellite Landing Grounds

Number Name Location County Dates when used as a SLG Units
No. 1 SLG RAF Slade Farm Oxfordshire 1 December 1940–10 January 1946 Used by No. 39 MU RAF Colerne
No. 2 SLG RAF Starveall Farm Oxfordshire 14 June 1941–29 September 1945. Satellite to No. 39 MU RAF Colerne
No. 3 SLG RAF Middle Farm Oxfordshire 1 April 1941–10 January 1946 Used by 8 MU RAF Little Rissington
No. 4 SLG RAF Rudbaxton Pembrokeshire 1941–1943 Used by 38 MU[1]
No. 5 SLG RAF BerrowWorcestershire 1941–1945 No. 5 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Kemble between March 1941 and late 1941.
No. 20 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Aston Down between 1941 and August 1942.
No. 6 SLG RAF St Brides Glamorgan 1941–September 1945 No. 19 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF St Athan between 15 December 1940 and July 1945.
No. 7 SLG Monmouthshire 3 May 1941–December 1944 No. 19 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF St Athan from 13 May 1941 and 21 February 1942.
No. 38 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Llandow from 21 February 1942.[2]
No. 8 SLG RAF Hutton in the Forest Cumberland June 1941–August 1945 No. 22 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Silloth
No. 9 SLG Cumberland March 1941–July 1945 No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries between July 1940 and September 1940.
No. 22 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Silloth.
No. 12 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Kirkbride.[3]
No. 10 SLG RAF Wath Head Cumberland 1941–1 December 1945 No. 12 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Kirkbride between early 1941 and 12 January 1944.
No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries between 12 January 1944 and September 1945.
No. 11 SLG RAF Low Eldrig Wigtownshire 1 July 1941–September 1942 No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries.
No. 12 SLG RAF Beechwood Park Hertfordshire 1943–March 1946 No. 15 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Wroughton from mid 1943.
No. 13 SLG RAF Tatton Park Cheshire August 1941–May 1943 No. 48 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Hawarden
No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Lichfield.
No. 14 SLG RAF Overley Park Gloucestershire 1941–1944 For No. 20 MU until 1942, used by 10 MU in 1944.
No. 15 SLG RAF BodorganGwynedd 1940–1944 For No. 48 MU
No. 16 SLG RAF Ballywalter Down 1941–1945 For No. 23 MU
No. 17 SLG Londonderry 1941–1941 Used by 23 MU, developed into a full size airfield.
No. 18 SLG Fermanagh April 1941–September 1941 Used by 23 MU RAF Aldergrove but not used. Later became a fighter sector station.
No. 19 SLG RAF Murlough Down 1941–1945 Used by No. 23 MU
No. 20 SLG RAF Langford LodgeAntrim 1941–1942 Used by No. 23 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Aldergrove.[4] developed in a full size airfield.
No. 21 SLG RAF Ollerton Shropshire 1941–1942 Used by 29 MU, 37 MU and 27 MU from RAF Shawbury. Transferred to the Navy and renamed Hinstock/HMS Godwit.
No. 22 SLG RAF Barnsley Park Gloucestershire 1941–1945 Used by 6 MU then 5 MU
No. 23 SLG RAF Down Farm Gloucestershire 1941–1946 Used by 10 MU
No. 24 SLG RAF MethvenPerthshire 1941–1944 Used by 44 MU
No. 25 SLG RAF Findo GaskPerthshire 1941–1942 No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Edzell. Developed into a full size airfield.
No. 26 SLG RAF Stravithie Fife 1941–1942 No. 44 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Edzell.
No. 27 SLG RAF Lennoxlove East Lothian 1941–1946 No. 18 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Dumfries.[5]
No. 28 SLG RAF Barton Abbey Oxfordshire 1943–1945 No. 39 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Colerne until March 1943.
No. 6 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Brize Norton from 1943.
No. 29 SLG RAF Hodnet Shropshire 1941–1945 Used by 24 MU, 37 MU, 51 MU and 27 MU from RAF Shawbury
No. 30 SLG RAF Brockton Shropshire 1941–1945 Used by 9 MU
No. 31 SLG RAF Everleigh Wiltshire 1941–1945 Used by 15 MU and 33 MU from RAF Lyneham from September 1942.
No. 32 SLG RAF Hoar Cross Staffordshire 1941–1945 Used by 51 MU
No. 33 SLG RAF Weston Park Shropshire 1941–1945 No. 27 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Shawbury, transferred to the Royal Navy.
No. 34 SLG RAF Woburn Park Bedfordshire 1941–1947Used by 6 MU and 8 MU
No. 35 SLG RAF Blidworth Nottinghamshire 1941–1942 Used by 51 MU
No. 36 SLG RAF Winterseugh Dumfriesshire 1941–1942 Used by 18 MU
No. 37 SLG RAF Hardwick Park Derbyshire 1941–1943 Used by 27 MU and 51 MU
No. 38 SLG RAF Grove Park Nottinghamshire 1942–1945 Used by 51 MU and 27 MU
No. 39 SLG RAF Brayton Park Cumberland 1941–1946 Used by 12 MU
No. 40 SLG RAF Dornoch Ross & Cromarty 1941–1945 Used by 45 MU
No. 41 SLG RAF Kirkton Sutherland 1941–1945 No. 45 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF.[6]
No. 42 SLG RAF Black Isle Ross & Cromarty 1941–1945 Also known as Black Stand [7] Used by 46 MU
No. 43 SLG RAF Leanach Invernessshire 1941–1946 Used by 46 MU
No. 44 SLG RAF Bush Barn Oxfordshire 1941–1943 Used by 5 MU, later used by Royal Navy
No. 45 SLG RAF Townsend Wiltshire 1941–1943 No. 33 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Lyneham until September 1942
No. 15 Maintenance Unit RAF from RAF Wroughton from September 1942.
No. 46 SLG RAF Brinklow Warwickshire 1941–1944 Used by 29 MU
No. 47 SLG RAF Southgrove Wiltshire 1941 Was for 5 MU but was not used.
No. 48 SLG RAF Teddesley Park Staffordshire 1941–1946 Used by 27 MU
No. 49 SLG RAF Knowsley Park Lancashire 1941, 1942–1944 Used by 37 MU until declared unfit, later 48 MU

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Twentieth Century Military Sites: Airfields . Cambria.org. 30 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Chepstow Racecourse . RCHMW. 30 November 2012.
  3. Web site: RAF Hornby Hall: Satellite Landing Ground. Russell W. Barnes. 30 November 2012.
  4. Web site: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: . Ronald V . 30 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130909114827/http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/gb/N-Ireland/antrim.html . 9 September 2013 .
  5. Web site: Lennoxlove . East Lothian at War. 30 November 2012.
  6. Web site: Kirkton Airfield . Scotlands Places. 30 November 2012.
  7. Web site: Black Isle, Blackstand Airfield, Satellite Landing Ground . Scotlands Islands. 30 November 2012.

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