RAF Longtown

RAF Longtown
Near Longtown, Cumbria in England
RAF Longtown Shown within Cumbria
Coordinates	55°00′21″N 002°55′15″W / 55.00583°N 2.92083°WCoordinates: 55°00′21″N 002°55′15″W / 55.00583°N 2.92083°W
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1941
In use	1941-1946
Airfield information
Elevation	30 metres (98 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Longtown or more simply RAF Longtown is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Longtown, Cumbria and 7.7 miles (12.4 km) northeast of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

History

The following units were posted here at some point:

• No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF.^[1]
• No. 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.^[1]
• No. 9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.^[1]
• No. 41 Squadron RAF between 1 August and 11 August 1942 with Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB's.^[2]
• No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF.^[1]
• No. 59 Operational Training Unit RAF.^[1]
• No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit RAF.^[1]
• No. 1521 Radio Aids Training Flight RAF.^[1]
• No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF.^[1]

Current use

The site is currently Farmland.^[1]

References

Citations

1. "Longtown". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
2. Jefford 1988, p. 38.

Bibliography

• Jefford MBE, Wg Cdr C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.