Royal Air Force Southrop or more simply RAF Southrop is a former Royal Air Force satellite station west of the village of Southrop, Gloucestershire during the Second World War from August 1940 to November 1945.[1]

RAF Southrop
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Southrop, Gloucestershire, England
Built	1940
In use	1940-1947
Coordinates	51°43′50″N 001°44′24″W
Map
RAF Southrop Location in Gloucestershire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 3,060 0 Grass 14/32 2,790 0 Grass E/W 3,450 0 Grass

It had three grass runways,[2] It was used as a Relief Landing Ground for Airspeed Oxford and Harvard training aircraft for No. 23 Group RAF.[3]

The defences included a double pillbox.[4]

The following units were here at some point:[5]

• No. 2 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
• No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAF
• No. 3 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
• No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF
• No. 27 Group Communication Flight RAF
• No. 27 (Signals Training) Group RAF
• No. 1539 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF

Current use

The site is currently farmland.[5]

References

External links

• fotopic gallery