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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.
Wattisham Flying Station – the biggest centralised operational Army airfield in the UK, formerly RAF Wattisham; RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) Middle Wallop Flying Station – formerly RAF Middle Wallop; Aldergrove Flying Station – formerly RAF Aldergrove; Stirling Lines – formerly RAF Credenhill; RAF Barkston Heath
[1] [10] [7] The regiment consisted of 666 Squadron (V), 658 Squadron (V), 3 Flight (V) at RAF Turnhouse (later RAF Leuchars) and 6 Flight (V) based at Shawbury. [1] [11] [12] 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]
The base was opened as RAF Middle Wallop, a training school for new pilots in 1940. 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.
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 ]
Base 14 October 1925: 18 January 1927: RAF Northolt, Middlesex: 18 January 1927: 2 September 1939: RAF Hendon, Middlesex 2 September 1939: 30 December 1939: RAF Biggin Hill, Kent: 30 December 1939: 1 June 1940: RAF Tangmere, Sussex (Dets. at Merville and Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France) 1 June 1940: 17 June 1940: RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire: 17 ...
RAF Gravesend, Kent 27 July 1940 12 August 1942 RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (Det. at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk) 12 August 1942 23 August 1942 RAF Warmwell, Dorset: 23 August 1942 7 December 1942 RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire 7 December 1942 18 February 1943 RAF Predannack, Cornwall: 18 February 1943 24 April 1943 RAF Ford, West Sussex: 24 April 1943
The Army Flying Museum covers the history of Army aviation from the Balloon sections of the Royal Engineers, through the establishment of the Royal Flying Corps in 1912 and air observation post (AOP) squadrons, and the establishment of the Army Air Corps in 1957 from the merger of the Glider Pilot Regiment and the AOP Squadrons.