RAF Winkleigh

RAF Winkleigh USAAF Station 460
Winkleigh, Devon in England
Site information
Type	Satellite station
Code	WK [1]
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1943-44
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command * No. 10 Group RAF 1943 & 1944 Ninth Air Force RAF Flying Training Command * No. 23 Group RAF 1944-
Location
RAF Winkleigh Shown within Devon Show map of Devon RAF Winkleigh RAF Winkleigh (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°52′04″N003°57′34″W / 50.86778°N 3.95944°W / 50.86778; -3.95944
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)/43
In use	January 1943 - December 1958 (1958)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	165 metres (541 ft) [1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete/Tarmac 00/00  Concrete/Tarmac

Royal Air Force Winkleigh, or more simply RAF Winkleigh, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Winkleigh, Devon and south of Barnstaple, Devon, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• A detachment No. 161 Squadron RAF (1943-44) ^[2]
• A detachment of No. 286 Squadron RAF (1942-) ^[3]
• No. 406 Squadron RCAF (1944) ^[4]
• No. 415 Squadron RCAF (1943-44) ^[5]
• Norwegian Training Base between December 1944 and November 1945

References

Citations

1. Falconer 2012, p. 215.
2. Jefford 1988, p. 64.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 83.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 89.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 90.

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. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN   978-0851-3036-59.