Raf Hampstead Norris

RAF Hampstead Norris is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located north east of Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, England and north west of Reading, Berkshire. Station historyThe construction contract was awarded to Wimpey in May 1940 valued at £233, 000. It was opened in mid 1940. Unusually the runways met at a single point, an obvious target to disable the entire airfield. Based unitsNo. 15 Operational Training Unit relocated to Hampstead Norris on 1 June 1940. The airfield hosted a number of squadrons of Vickers Wellington bombers. The airfield was used extensively as a glider training base during the latter part of the war, many glider pilots were trained here in preparation for D-Day. The base also had 33 Tiger Moths as training aircraft. The main role of the airfield was to ferry Wellingtons to Egypt, via Gibraltar and Malta. On 15 March 1945 No. 13 OTU arrived with their de Havilland Mosquitoes and the airfield reverted to being a satellite of RAF Harwell. It became an ammunition storage depot as part of the Bramley Central Ammunition Depot near Basingstoke after its closure in 1946.

RAF Hampstead Norris is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located north east of Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, England and north west of Reading, Berkshire. Station historyThe construction contract was awarded to Wimpey in May 1940 valued at £233, 000. It was opened in mid 1940. Unusually the runways met at a single point, an obvious target to disable the entire airfield. Based unitsNo. 15 Operational Training Unit relocated to Hampstead Norris on 1 June 1940. The airfield hosted a number of squadrons of Vickers Wellington bombers. The airfield was used extensively as a glider training base during the latter part of the war, many glider pilots were trained here in preparation for D-Day. The base also had 33 Tiger Moths as training aircraft. The main role of the airfield was to ferry Wellingtons to Egypt, via Gibraltar and Malta. On 15 March 1945 No. 13 OTU arrived with their de Havilland Mosquitoes and the airfield reverted to being a satellite of RAF Harwell. It became an ammunition storage depot as part of the Bramley Central Ammunition Depot near Basingstoke after its closure in 1946.