| RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
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| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | RAF | ||
| Location | Wellesbourne | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 159 ft / 48 m | ||
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RAF Wellesbourne Mountford
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 3,200 | 975 | Asphalt |
| 01/19 | 3,009 | 917 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 2,250 | 685 | Asphalt |
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford (IATA: n/a, ICAO: n/a) was a Royal Air Force station located in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, England, 3.3 NM (6.1 km; 3.8 mi) east of Stratford-on-Avon.
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford was operational from 1941 to 1964. The airfield was bought by the Government from the Littler family in 1940 and returned in 1965.
Please Note: The runway lengths are estimates using data from the current measures of the runaways of Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield and distances from an old diagram of the airfield.
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The airfield had five hangars. A large J hangar was constructed in the 1940/1 and a further 4 T2 hangars were built afterwards. The five hangars are currently used as factories on a industrial estate which is located on the South East section of the airfield.
There were three runways in a conventional "A" pattern with an access road connecting the runways together round the outside which also was connected to a number of stands scattered throughout the airfield. The majority of the stands were ripped up for civilian construction projects around 1970/80 and there is only one remaining concrete stand within the current airfield which is where the Avro Vulcan is parked. However there are three concrete stands outside the perimeter which are currently used for mobile homes.
No.22 Operational Training Unit was formed on 14 April 1941, part of No.6 Group Bomber Command. The squadron trained aircrews from commonwealth countries such as Canada.
Wartime
Post-war
On 10 May 1941 a Heinkel He 111 attacked a Vickers Wellington with three bombs. This was not the only raid that attacked RAF Wellesbourne Mountford during World War Two.