RAF High Ercall

Royal Air Force Station High Ercall or more simply RAF High Ercall is a former Royal Air Force station situated near the village of High Ercall, seven miles northeast of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

History
From 1942 the base was also used by the United States Army 8th Air Force's 309 Fighter Squadron.

Squadrons

 * No. 41 Squadron RAF.
 * No. 68 Squadron RAF.
 * No. 247 Squadron RAF.
 * No. 255 Squadron RAF.
 * No. 257 Squadron RAF.
 * No. 285 Squadron RAF.
 * No. 535 Squadron RAF.

Other units

 * No. 3 Aircraft Delivery Flight RAF.
 * No. 60 Operational Training Unit RAF was reformed here in May 1943 to train intruder crews using the de Havilland Mosquito.
 * No. 1456 (Fighter) Flight RAF.
 * No. 29 Maintenance Unit (MU).
 * No. 99 MU.
 * No. 222 MU.
 * No. 236 MU.

Current use
The majority of the runways have been removed leaving only small tracks however nine hangars still are present spread out over the site and near a local village. A local Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group also occupies a section of the site.