RAF Southrop

RAF Southrop
Southrop, Gloucestershire in England
RAF Southrop is located in Gloucestershire
RAF Southrop
RAF Southrop
Shown within Gloucestershire
RAF Southrop is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Southrop
RAF Southrop
RAF Southrop (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates51°43′50″N 001°44′24″W / 51.73056°N 1.74000°W / 51.73056; -1.74000
TypeRoyal Air Force Satellite Station
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
In use1940 - 1947 (1947)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Runways
Direction Length and surface
04/22 3,060 metres (10,039 ft) Grass
14/32 2,790 metres (9,154 ft) Grass
E/W 3,450 metres (11,319 ft) 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]

References

  1. ^ "Southrop Relief Landing Ground". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "RAF Southrop". Lost Airfields. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ "RAF Southrop, Glos". Derelict Places. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "RAF Southrop Defences". Pillbox Study Group. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Southrop". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.