RAF Winfield

RAF Winfield
Paxton, Scottish Borders in Scotland
Site information
Type	Satellite Station
Code	IW [1]
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command * No. 9 Group RAF * No. 13 Group RAF * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF
Location
RAF Winfield Shown within the Scottish Borders Show map of Scottish Borders RAF Winfield RAF Winfield (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	55°44′56″N002°09′52″W / 55.74889°N 2.16444°W / 55.74889; -2.16444
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)/42
Built by	James Miller & Partners Ltd
In use	May 1942 - May 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	52 metres (171 ft) [1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac

Royal Air Force Winfield or more simply RAF Winfield is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Paxton, Scottish Borders, Scotland and west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• Satellite for No. 54 Operational Training Unit RAF ^[2] (May 1942 - May 1945) ^[3]
• A detachment from No. 88 Squadron RAF (1941-42) ^[4]
• No. 222 Squadron RAF during August 1942 with the Supermarine Spitfire Vb ^[5]

References

Citations

1. Falconer 2012, p. 214.
2. "Winfield (Horndean)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 30 April 2022.
3. Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 241.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 51.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 72.

Bibliography

• Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   978-1-85780-349-5.
• 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.
• Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN   0-85130-252-1.