RAF Southrop
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
LocationSouthrop, Gloucestershire, England
Built1940
In use1940-1947
Coordinates51°43′50″N 001°44′24″W / 51.73056°N 1.74000°W / 51.73056; -1.74000
Map
RAF Southrop is located in Gloucestershire
RAF Southrop
RAF Southrop
Location in Gloucestershire
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 3,060 0 Grass
14/32 2,790 0 Grass
E/W 3,450 0 Grass

Royal Air Force Southrop or more simply RAF Southrop is a former Royal Air Force satellite station west of the village of Southrop, Gloucestershire during the Second World War from August 1940 to November 1945.[1]

It had three grass runways,[2] It was used as a Relief Landing Ground for Airspeed Oxford and Harvard training aircraft for No. 23 Group RAF.[3]

The defences included a double pillbox.[4]

The following units were here at some point:[5]

Current use

The site is currently farmland.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Southrop Relief Landing Ground". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "RAF Southrop". Lost Airfields. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "RAF Southrop, Glos". Derelict Places. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "RAF Southrop Defences". Pillbox Study Group. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Southrop". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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