RAF Henley-on-Thames

RAF Henley-on-Thames
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
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°W / 51.53472; -0.85500Coordinates: 51°32′05″N 000°51′18″W / 51.53472°N 0.85500°W / 51.53472; -0.85500
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RAF Henley-on-Thames

Location in Berkshire

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
00/00 0 0 Grass
00/00 0 0 Grass

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cantilever Pillbox, RAF Henley on Thames, Derelict Places, UK.
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