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In use
  
1940-1965 (1965)

Year built
  
1940

Battles/wars
  
Second World War

Owner
  
Ministry of Defence

RAF High Ercall RAF High Ercall 140409 The main entrance to the former RAF Flickr

Type
  
Royal Air Force station

Controlled by
  
Royal Air ForceUnited States Army Air Forces

Garrisons
  
RAF Fighter Command, 31st Operations Group

Royal Air Force Station High Ercall or more simply RAF High Ercall is a former Royal Air Force station situated near the village of High Ercall, seven miles northeast of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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History

From 1942 the airfield was also used by the United States Army 8th Air Force's 309 Fighter Squadron.

Squadrons

RAF High Ercall Report RAF High Ercall oct 2014 28DaysLatercouk

  • No. 41 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 68 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 247 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 255 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 257 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 285 Squadron RAF.
  • No. 535 Squadron RAF.

    • Other units

    RAF High Ercall Report RAF High ErcallThe Angel Centre Shropshire June 2014

  • No. 3 Aircraft Delivery Flight RAF.
  • No. 60 Operational Training Unit RAF was reformed here in May 1943 to train intruder crews using the de Havilland Mosquito.
  • No. 1456 (Fighter) Flight RAF.
  • No. 29 Maintenance Unit (MU).
  • No. 99 MU.
  • No. 222 MU.
  • No. 236 MU.

    • Post-military use

    RAF High Ercall Report RAF High Ercall oct 2014 28DaysLatercouk

    Between the 1960s and 1990s, the Site was the Multi-Occupational Training and Education Centre (MOTEC) which provided training for workers including HGV drivers and mechanics and hosted the RTITB National Junior Mechanic Competition 1987.

    RAF High Ercall High Ercall American Air Museum in Britain

    The majority of the runways have been removed leaving only small tracks however nine hangars still are present spread out over the site and near a local village. A local Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group also occupies a section of the site.

    In 2002 it was proposed to build a centre for asylum seekers on the site.

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    In 2014 the site was sold to the Greenhous Group who later successfully applied to the council to store new cars there before they were sold on the UK market.

    References

    RAF High Ercall Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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