RAF Atherstone
Encyclopedia
RAF Atherstone is a former Royal Air Force
station located north east of Atherstone on Stour
, Warwickshire
, England
, 2.2 mi (3.5 km) southeast of Stratford-Upon-Avon
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RAF Atherstone was operational from September 1941 to 1945.
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
station located north east of Atherstone on Stour
Atherstone on Stour
Atherstone on Stour is a village and civil parish in the Stratford on Avon district of Warwickshire, England. It is located about three miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon, on the Warwickshire-Gloucestershire border and is essentially the estate village of Alscot Park...
, Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, 2.2 mi (3.5 km) southeast of Stratford-Upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
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RAF Atherstone was operational from September 1941 to 1945.
Squadrons
- No 22 Operational Training Unit operated as a satellite to RAF Wellesbourne MountfordRAF Wellesbourne MountfordRAF Wellesbourne Mountford was a Royal Air Force station located in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, England, east of Stratford-on-Avon.RAF Wellesbourne Mountford was operational from 1941 to 1964...
from September 1941 to November 1942 - No 23 OTU - November 1942 to February 1944
- No 22 OTU - March 1944 to 1945
Aircraft Operated
- No 22 OTU Vickers WellingtonVickers WellingtonThe Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...
- No 23 OTU Vickers WellingtonVickers WellingtonThe Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...
- No 22 OTU Vickers WellingtonVickers WellingtonThe Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...