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The base was opened as RAF Middle Wallop, a training school for new pilots in 1940. [2] It was originally intended for bomber use; however, with the Battle of Britain being fought, No. 609 Squadron RAF, flying the Supermarine Spitfire Ia, and No. 238 Squadron RAF flying the Hawker Hurricane I were moved to Middle Wallop. [2] [3]
The Middle Wallop operations room in use in 1943 Brown's Quarry, a small quarry north of Tunnel Quarry, was converted into an underground operations centre for HQ No. 10 Group, RAF Box . [ 2 ]
(Formerly: No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [13] 3 Flight: 1 September 1957: RAF Leuchars: 2009: Formerly No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [13] 4 Flight: 1 September 1957: Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC (Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [13] 5 Flight: 1 ...
During the Battle of Britain, 609 Squadron moved to RAF Middle Wallop as part of Fighter Command's efforts to defend the south coast of England, west of London. There was also an advanced flight based at RAF Warmwell. At this time, one third of the RAF's front-line squadrons were from the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
A deployment re-appraisal in June 1944 led to the decision to assign a tactical recon squadron to support the needs of the ground forces on the continent. To this end, the group's 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (15th TRS) was transferred in from RAF Middle Wallop on 27 June flying F-6 (P-51) Mustangs. The mission of the 15th TRS was to ...
AAC Netheravon, Wiltshire (1964–2012) – formerly RAF Netheravon, [1] now used by the Joint Services Parachute Centre; Alanbrooke Barracks, North Yorkshire (70's–1992) – formerly RAF Topcliffe, now used by 4th Regiment Royal Artillery; Dishforth Airfield, North Yorkshire (1992–2016) – formerly RAF Dishforth, now used by 6 Regiment RLC
From 19 October 1946 it used Spitfires and an Avro Anson from a unit based at RAF Colerne with the school moving to Middle Wallop on 12 January 1948. [13] The unit was renamed to just the School of Control and Reporting on 16 March 1953 with the previously borrowed aircraft returned crewed by School personnel and new aircraft and pilots ...
On 1 April 2009, the regiment re-roled as a regular training unit 7 (Training) Regiment AAC based at Middle Wallop as part of the School of Army Aviation. [3] On 1 August 2009, the school was renamed as the Army Aviation Centre. [3] The regiment consisted of 670 Squadron, 671 Squadron and 673 Squadron. [3]