RAF Silloth
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RAF Silloth | |||||||||||
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| Near Silloth, Cumbria in England | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Coastal Command RAF Maintenance Command | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
  RAF Silloth Shown within Cumbria  RAF Silloth RAF Silloth (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°52′10″N 003°21′37″W / 54.86944°N 3.36028°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1939 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1939 - 1960 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 7 metres (23 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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| Other airfield facilities | Operational dates.[1] | ||||||||||
Royal Air Force Silloth, or more simply RAF Silloth, is a former Royal Air Force station one mile (1.6 km) north-east of Silloth, Cumbria, England, and 6.7 miles (10.8 km) south-west of Kirkbride, Cumbria. The station was used by RAF Coastal Command.
The airfield is also known as Silloth Airfield/Aerodrome.[2]
The airfield as camouflaged during World War II
The airfield was originally designed to be used by RAF Maintenance Command but was handed over to Coastal Command in November 1939.[1] It had a satellite at RAF Hornby Hall.
Based units
- No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) using Avro Ansons, Bristol Beauforts and Bothas[1]
- No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF with the Vickers Wellington and Anson[1]
- No. 215 Squadron RAF using the Wellington[3]
- No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF using the Avro Anson I[4]
- No. 22 Maintenance Unit RAF[1]
- No. 1353 (Target Towing) Flight RAF using the Supermarine Spitfire and the Vultee A-31 Vengeance[1]
- No. 5 Ferry Pool RAF[1]
