RAF Theale

RAF Theale
Theale, Berkshire in England
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Flying Training Command
Location
RAF Theale Shown within Berkshire
Coordinates	51°25′37″N1°03′56″W / 51.42694°N 1.06556°W / 51.42694; -1.06556
Site history
Built	1935 (1935)
In use	1935-1948 (1948)
Battles/wars	Second World War

Royal Air Force Theale or more simply RAF Theale is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located south of Theale, Berkshire, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• Relief Landing Ground for No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (September 1939 - July 1941) ^[1]
• No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (August 1941 - July 1945) ^[2]
• No. 42 Group Communication Flight RAF (1942 - May 1944) ^[3]
• No. 128 Gliding School RAF (July 1944 - July 1948) ^[4]
• No. 2818 Squadron RAF Regiment ^[5]
• Air Crew Disposal Unit (October - December 1945) ^[6]

Current use

The site is now used as gravel pits and leisure activities. ^[5]

References

1. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 102.
2. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 103.
3. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 158.
4. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 145.
5. "Theale (Sheffield Farm)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
6. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 43.

• Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN   978-0851-3036-59.