RAF Stanton Harcourt explained

RAF Stanton Harcourt
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Location:Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire
Country:England
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Type:Royal Air Force Satellite station
Ownership:Air Ministry
Operator:Royal Air Force
Used:1940-
Elevation:67m (220feet)
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Royal Air Force Stanton Harcourt or more simply RAF Stanton Harcourt is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located southeast of Witney, Oxfordshire and west of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.

Units

The following units were here at some point:[1]

During the Second World War it was a satellite aerodrome for RAF Abingdon, to where No. 10 OTU crews would be sent once initial training was completed at Abingdon.

Current use

The site is now used for light industrial work and gravel pits.[1] It's now been developed into a housing estate with the original buildings destroyed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stanton Harcourt . Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. 9 February 2016.