RAF Tatenhill
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||
| Location | Tatenhill, Staffordshire | ||
| Built | 1941 | ||
| In use | 1941-1947 | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 440 ft / 134 m | ||
| Coordinates | 52°48′53″N 001°45′40″W / 52.81472°N 1.76111°WCoordinates: 52°48′53″N 001°45′40″W / 52.81472°N 1.76111°W | ||
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  RAF Tatenhill | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 04/22 | 0 | 0 | Concrete |
| 08/26 | 0 | 0 | Concrete |
| 18/36 | 0 | 0 | Concrete |
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RAF Tatenhill is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located 5.0 miles (8.0 km) west of Burton on Trent. It was originally known as RAF Crossplains.
History
The field was built in 1941 as a satellite for No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) at RAF Lichfield. The design was the wartime RAF standard of three co-intersecting runways, east-west, north-south diagonal. It was used as a bomber crew training field, which continued in varied training functions until 1944 with Vickers Wellington and Airspeed Oxford aircraft for RAF Bomber Command. Then it was used by the RAF School of Explosives after the disastrous explosion at nearby RAF Fauld, from October 1945 until January 1947.[1]
The airfield had a bomb dump on the south-east side and a number of frying pan dispersals were built on land to the north of the B5234 road, with hangars in this area too.
Current use
The airfield remains in use as Tatenhill Airfield. A wartime Bellman hangar remains in use as of 2013.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "RAF Tatenhill". Control Towers. http://www.controltowers.co.uk/T-V/Tatenhill.htm. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
External links
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The original article can be found at RAF Tatenhill and the edit history here.