RAF Southrop explained

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]

Current use

The site is currently farmland.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southrop Relief Landing Ground . Pastscape . Historic England . 28 August 2020 . 11 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200611085739/https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1410936 . live .
  2. Web site: RAF Southrop . Lost Airfields . 28 August 2020 . 28 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200828112233/https://issuu.com/nikstanbridge/docs/lost_airfields/s/10465857 . live .
  3. Web site: RAF Southrop, Glos . Derelict Places . 28 August 2020 . 28 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200828112234/https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/military-sites/9610-raf-southrop-glos.html . live .
  4. Web site: RAF Southrop Defences . Pillbox Study Group . 28 August 2020 . 1 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180701075411/http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/gazeteer/home-front-defence-sites/england/gloucestershire/raf-southrop-defences/ . live .
  5. Web site: Southrop . . 23 June 2020 . 26 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200626083539/https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/southrop/ . live .