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RAF Henley on Thames

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Airport type
  
Military

In use
  
1940-1945

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Owner
  
Air Ministry

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

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Year built
  
1939

RAF Henley-on-Thames

Location
  
Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire

RAF Henley-on-Thames is a former Royal Air Force grass-strip airfield in Berkshire, England, located near Henley-on-Thames. It was also known by a variety of other names: Cockpole Green, Upper Culham Farm, Crazies Hill, or Crazies Hill Farm.

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History

The site was used to assemble and test Supermarine Spitfires and as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF White Waltham and RAF Woodley. It was built in late 1939 and closed in October 1945.

Current use

There is currently little to see on satellite imagery that the airfield existed as the runways were grass.

References

RAF Henley-on-Thames Wikipedia


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