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Royal Air Force Greatham or more simply RAF Greatham is a former Royal Air Force station located in Greatham, County Durham, England.

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RAF Greatham
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Greatham
Coordinates	54°38′58″N 001°12′46″W
Map
RAF Greatham Location in County Durham
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Grass 00/00 0 0 Grass

It was also known as RAF West Hartlepool and was located at Hartlepool and was little more than a grass airstrip, a satellite station of RAF Thornaby.

History

It was home to four of 403 Squadron's Supermarine Spitfires from 19 June 1942 to 22 January 1943; operating forward from RAF Catterick.

The airfield was once home to No. 645 Volunteer Gliding School,[1] who operate Grob Vigilant Motor Gliders for the Air Training Corps. They are now located at RAF Topcliffe in Yorkshire.

The following units were also here at some point:[2]

• 'N' Flight of No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF
• No. 6 (Coastal) OTU RAF
• No. 26 Gliding School RAF
• No. 32 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
• No. 243 Squadron RAF
• No. 1613 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
• No. 2782 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 4054 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment

Current use

Little now remains, as the site was developed after the war by British Steel Corporation.

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

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