RAF Henley-on-Thames
RAF Henley-on-Thames | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire | ||||||||||||||
| Built | 1939 | ||||||||||||||
| In use | 1940-1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°32′05″N 000°51′18″W / 51.53472°N 0.85500°WCoordinates: 51°32′05″N 000°51′18″W / 51.53472°N 0.85500°W | ||||||||||||||
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  RAF Henley-on-Thames Location in Berkshire | |||||||||||||||
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RAF Henley-on-Thames is a former Royal Air Force grass-strip airfield in Berkshire, England, located near Henley-on-Thames. It was also known by a variety of other names: Cockpole Green, Upper Culham Farm, Crazies Hill, or Crazies Hill Farm.
History
The site was used to assemble and test Supermarine Spitfires and as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF White Waltham and RAF Woodley. It was built in late 1939 and closed in October 1945.[1]
Current use
There is currently little to see on satellite imagery that the airfield existed as the runways were grass.
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