Royal Air Force Stanton Harcourt or more simply RAF Stanton Harcourt is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 4.4 miles (7.1 km) southeast of Witney, Oxfordshire and 6.6 miles (10.6 km) west of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
RAF Stanton Harcourt | |||||||||||
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| Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire in England | |||||||||||
  RAF Stanton Harcourt Shown within Oxfordshire | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°44′31″N 001°24′33″W / 51.74194°N 1.40917°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Satellite station | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
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| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1940-1946 | ||||||||||
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| Elevation | 67 metres (220 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Units
editThe following units were here at some point:[1]
- No. 10 Operational Training Unit RAF
- No. 20 OTU
- No. 1341 (Special Duties) Flight RAF
- No. 1501 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
- No. 1682 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF
During the Second World War it was a satellite aerodrome for RAF Abingdon, to where No. 10 OTU crews would be sent once initial training was completed at Abingdon.
Current use
editThe site is now used for light industrial work and gravel pits.[1] It's now been developed into a housing estate with the original buildings destroyed.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Stanton Harcourt". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 9 February 2016.