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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]
[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]
(Formerly: No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [19] 5 Flight: 1 September 1957: Formerly No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC [17]} (Formerly: No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF) [19] 6 Flight: Middle Wallop: 1 September 1957 1993: RAF Shawbury: 2009: Sycamore, Skeeter, Auster AOP.9 [22] Beaver & Alouette II [23] Formerly No. 6 ...
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.
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
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 ...
Bases and airfields used by no. 670 Squadron RAF, data from [5] [6] From To Base 14 December 1944: 30 May 1945: Fatehjang, Punjab, British India: 30 May 1945: 1 June 1945: Dhamial, Punjab, British India 1 June 1945: 23 June 1945: Basal, Punjab, British India 23 June 1945: 26 July 1945: Upper Topa Camp, Punjab, British India 26 July 1945: 1 ...
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 ...