RAF Winkleigh explained

RAF Winkleigh USAAF Station 460
Location:	Winkleigh, Devon
Country:	England
Type:	Satellite station
Pushpin Map:	Devon#UK
Pushpin Map Caption:	Shown within Devon
Pushpin Label:	RAF Winkleigh
Ownership:	Air Ministry
Operator:	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1943-44
Controlledby:	RAF Fighter Command No. 10 Group RAF 1943 & 1944 Ninth Air Force RAF Flying Training Command * No. 23 Group RAF 1944-
Code:	WK
Built:	/43
Used:	January 1943 - December
Battles:	European theatre of World War II
Elevation:	165m (541feet)
R1-Number:	00/00
R1-Surface:	Concrete/Tarmac
R2-Number:	00/00
R2-Surface:	Concrete/Tarmac

Royal Air Force Winkleigh, or more simply RAF Winkleigh, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Winkleigh, Devon and south of Barnstaple, Devon, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• A detachment No. 161 Squadron RAF (1943-44)
• A detachment of No. 286 Squadron RAF (1942-)
• No. 406 Squadron RCAF (1944)
• No. 415 Squadron RCAF (1943-44)
• Norwegian Training Base between December 1944 and November 1945

References

Bibliography

• Book: Falconer. J.. RAF Airfields of World War 2 . 2012 . Ian Allan Publishing. UK. 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Book: Jefford . C.G. . RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 . 1988 . Airlife . . 1-85310-053-6 .
• Book: Sturtivant. R.. Hamlin. J.. Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912 . 2007 . Air-Britain (Historians). UK. 978-0851-3036-59.