RAF Longtown
| RAF Longtown | |||||||||||
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| Longtown, Cumbria in England | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force satellite station | ||||||||||
| Code | IO[1] | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 * No. 9 Group RAF * No. 13 Group RAF * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Coastal Command 1943- * No. 17 Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
RAF Longtown Shown within Cumbria RAF Longtown RAF Longtown (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°00′21″N 002°55′15″W / 55.00583°N 2.92083°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
| In use | July 1941 - April 1946 | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 30 metres (98 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Longtown or more simply RAF Longtown is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Longtown, Cumbria and 7.7 miles (12.4 km) northeast of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
History
The following units were posted here at some point:
- No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF[2]
- No. 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF[2]
- No. 9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF[2]
- No. 41 Squadron RAF between 1 August and 11 August 1942 with Supermarine Spitfire VB's[3]
- No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF[2]
- No. 59 Operational Training Unit RAF[2]
- No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit RAF[2]
- No. 1521 (Radio Aids Training) Flight RAF[2]
- No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF[2]
Current use
The site is currently farmland.[2]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 133.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Longtown". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 38.
Bibliography
- Falconer, Jonathan (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
- Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.