RAF Poulton

RAF Poulton
RAF Poulton
Poulton, Cheshire in England
	RAF Poulton, July 2022
	RAF Poulton Shown within Cheshire
Coordinates	53°07′46″N002°53′42″W / 53.12944°N 2.89500°W
Type	Satellite Station
Code	PU
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command
Site history
Built	1942/43
Built by	George Wimpey & Co Ltd
In use	March 1943 - August 1945
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	15 metres (49 ft) AMSL
Runways
01/19	1,800 metres (5,906 ft) Concrete
06/24	1,245 metres (4,085 ft) Concrete
14/32	1,254 metres (4,114 ft) Concrete

Last updated September 01, 2023

Royal Air Force Poulton or more simply RAF Poulton (X4PL) is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Poulton, Cheshire and was operational from 1 March 1943 until 1945. It was used as an Operational Training Unit (OTU) and Tactical Exercise Unit (TEU) for Hawker Hurricanes.

History

It was part of 12 Group and was used as a satellite of RAF Hawarden. It had 8 Blister and 1 Bessonneau hangars.^[2]

Based units and aircraft

No. 3 Tactical Exercise Unit RAF (TEU), using the Hawker Hurricane. Arrived Nov 43.^[3] Possibly moved to Aston Down on 18 Dec 44 and re-designated as No 55 OTU.^[4]
No. 12 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF ((P) AFU), using the Airspeed Oxford.^[5]
No. 1515 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF, almost certainly using the Airspeed Oxford.^[6]
No. 41 Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) (Day Fighter Wing), possibly using the Hawker Hurricane. Moved to Poulton from Hawarden 1 Feb 45, and was re-designated as...
No. 58 OTU on 15 Mar 45, using the Supermarine Spitfire. Disbanded 20 Jul 45.^[4]
Detachment from No. 595 Squadron RAF ^[7]

Current use

Part of the site remains in use as a private airfield.^[8]

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References

Citations

↑ Falconer 1998, p. 72.
↑ Ferguson 2008 , pp. 125–128.
↑ "RAFCommands".
1 2 "OTUs 41 - 63". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
↑ "Flying Training Schools_P". Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Jefford 1988, p. 97.
↑ Jones 2008 , p. 00.

Bibliography

Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2175-9.
Ferguson, Aldon, Cheshire Airfields in the Second World War. Countryside Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-8530-6927-7.
Jefford, 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.
Jones, I, Airfields and Landing Grounds of Wales: North. Tempus Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7524-4510-6.

External links

RAF Poulton (at Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust)

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[FOOTNOTEFalconer199872-1] Falconer 1998, p. 72.

[Ferguson-2] Ferguson 2008 , pp. 125–128.

[3] "RAFCommands".

[rafweb.org-4] 1 2 "OTUs 41 - 63". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

[5] "Flying Training Schools_P". Archived from the original on 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[FOOTNOTEJefford198897-7] Jefford 1988, p. 97.

[Jones2008p00-8] Jones 2008 , p. 00.

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