RAF Hornby Hall was a Royal Air Force satellite landing ground located near Brougham, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Penrith, Cumbria and 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north west of Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England.
| RAF Hornby Hall No. 9 SLG  | |||||||
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| Penrith, Cumbria in England | |||||||
  RAF Hornby Hall Shown within Cumbria  RAF Hornby Hall RAF Hornby Hall (the United Kingdom) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 54°39′26″N 002°39′51″W / 54.65722°N 2.66417°W | ||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Station | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Maintenance Command | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||
| In use | March 1941 - 1945 | ||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 135 metres (443 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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History
editThe airfield was opened on 17 March 1941, and was mostly used by No. 22 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) at RAF Silloth but changed to No. 12 MU at RAF Kirkbride.[1][2]
The landing ground was also temporarily operated by No. 18 MU at RAF Dumfries sometime between July and September 1940.[3] Closure came in July 1945, when the site was converted into a PoW camp for German prisoners.[4]
Aircraft operated
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Smith 1990, p. 102.
- ^ "Hornby Hall - Satellite Landing Ground". Russell W. Barnes. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "History of RAF Dumfries". Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ Smith 1990, p. 103.
Sources
edit- Smith, David J. (1990) [1981]. Action Stations 3: Military Airfields of Wales and the North-West. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 1-85260-375-5.