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RAF Chipping Norton

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Operator
  
Royal Air Force

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Sommerfeld Tracking

Elevation
  
207 m

Owner
  
Air Ministry

In use
  
1941-1945 (1945)

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Sommerfeld Tracking

Year built
  
1940

RAF Chipping Norton

Type
  
Satellite Royal Air Force station

Royal Air Force Chipping Norton or more simply RAF Chipping Norton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. It was operational from 10 July 1940 to 1945 and returned to agricultural use when disposed of in 1953.

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History

The following units were posted to this airfield at some point:

  • No. 3 Maintenance Unit RAF.
  • No. 6 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF renamed No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF.
  • No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF.
  • No. 15 Service Flying Training School RAF.
  • No. 1517 BAT Flight RAF.

    • Airspeed Oxfords and North American Harvard I's flew from this airfield.

    The station was bombed on two occasions in October and November 1940. Little damage was done and on the second attempt the Luftwaffe missed the airfield by about a mile to the East.

    Current use

    The site is currently farmland. Part of the site is used for airsoft. Riftairsoft.com

    References

    RAF Chipping Norton Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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