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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
(Formerly: No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [24] 4 Flight: 1 September 1957: Formerly No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC [22] (Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [24] 5 Flight: 1 September 1957: Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC [22]} (Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [24] 6 Flight: Middle Wallop ...
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 ]
During its time as a regular unit, the following squadrons and flights were part of the regiment: 651 Squadron, 658 Squadron, 2 Flight and 8 Flight. [1] 658 Squadron had reformed c. 1982. [7] The Agusta A109A helicopter had entered service with 8 Flight in 1984. [8] 666 (V) Squadron had become part of the regiment in 1986. [1] [9]
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 June 1940: 19 August 1940: RAF Tangmere, Sussex 19 August 1940: 2 September 1940: RAF Debden, Essex ...
It was formerly No. 660 Squadron RAF, a Royal Air Force air observation post squadron associated with the 21st Army Group during the Second World War. Numbers 651 to 663 Squadrons of the RAF were air observation post units working closely with British Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. A further three of these squadrons, 664–666 ...