RAF Greatham

Coordinates: 54°38′58″N 001°12′46″W / 54.64944°N 1.21278°W / 54.64944; -1.21278
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RAF Greatham

Summary
Airport typeRoyal Air Force satellite station
OperatorRoyal Air Force
LocationGreatham
Coordinates54°38′58″N 001°12′46″W / 54.64944°N 1.21278°W / 54.64944; -1.21278
Map
RAF Greatham is located in County Durham
RAF Greatham
RAF Greatham
Location in County Durham
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Royal Air Force Greatham or more simply RAF Greatham is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Greatham, County Durham, England.

It was also known as RAF West Hartlepool and was located at

airstrip, a satellite station of RAF Thornaby
.

History

It was home to four of

403 Squadron's Supermarine Spitfires from 19 June 1942 to 22 January 1943; operating forward from RAF Catterick
.

The airfield was once home to

Grob Vigilant Motor Gliders for the Air Training Corps. They are now located at RAF Topcliffe
in Yorkshire.

The following units were also here at some point:[2]

  • 'N' Flight of
    No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF
  • No. 6 (Coastal) OTU RAF
  • No. 26 Gliding School RAF
  • No. 32 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 243 Squadron RAF
  • No. 1613 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
  • No. 2782 Squadron RAF Regiment
  • No. 4054 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment

Current use

Little now remains, as the site was developed after the war by

British Steel Corporation
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "645 Volunteer Gliding Squadron". 645 Volunteer Gliding Squadron. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. ^ "West Hartlepool (Greatham)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2021.