RAF Greatham

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
RAF Greatham
Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Royal Air Force
Location Greatham
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
RAF Greatham is located in County Durham
RAF Greatham
RAF Greatham
Location in County Durham
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
00/00 0 0 Grass
00/00 0 0 Grass

Royal Air Force Greatham or more simply RAF Greatham is a former Royal Air Force station located in Greatham, County Durham, England.

It was also known as RAF West Hartlepool and was located at Hartlepool and was little more than a grass 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 645 Volunteer Gliding School,[1] who operate Grob Vigilant Motor Gliders for the Air Training Corps. They are now located at RAF Topcliffe in Yorkshire.

Current use

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

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This article about a County Durham building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This RAF article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=RAF_Greatham&oldid=630274"