RAF Southrop | |
Ensign: | Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Location: | Southrop, Gloucestershire |
Country: | England |
Type: | Royal Air Force Satellite Station |
Coordinates: | 51.7306°N -1.74°W |
Pushpin Map: | Gloucestershire#UK |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Gloucestershire |
Pushpin Label: | RAF Southrop |
Ownership: | Air Ministry |
Operator: | Royal Air Force |
Controlledby: | RAF Flying Training Command |
Used: | 1940 - |
Battles: | European theatre of World War II |
R1-Number: | 04/22 |
R1-Length: | 3060m (10,040feet) |
R1-Surface: | Grass |
R2-Number: | 14/32 |
R2-Length: | 2790m (9,150feet) |
R2-Surface: | Grass |
R3-Number: | E/W |
R3-Length: | 3450m (11,320feet) |
R3-Surface: | 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 North American 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]
The site is currently farmland.[5]