RAF Honeybourne

RAF Honeybourne
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Honeybourne
Built	1940
In use	1940/1 - 1946/7
Elevation AMSL	177 ft / 54 m
Coordinates	52°04′47″N 001°50′28″W / 52.07972°N 1.84111°W / 52.07972; -1.84111Coordinates: 52°04′47″N 001°50′28″W / 52.07972°N 1.84111°W / 52.07972; -1.84111
Map
RAF Honeybourne Location in Worcestershire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 4,200 1,280 Asphalt 10/28 3,940 1,200 Asphalt 16/34 3,940 1,100 Asphalt

Royal Air Force Honeybourne or RAF Honeybourne was a Royal Air Force station located 0.6 miles (0.97 km) south of Honeybourne, Worcestershire, England and 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Evesham, Worcestershire, England

The station was operational from 1940 or 1941 to 1946 or 15 November 1947.

RAF Honeybourne had five hangars there was one J Type and 4 T2's. The airfield used a mixture of temporary and permanent accommodation and on 1 December 1944 there were 1973 males and 382 females located at the airfield.

The airfield was home to No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) which used Vickers Wellingtons and Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys from 15 March 1942 until July 1945 flying many operational bombing and leaflet dropping operations.

A number of units based from Ferry Command were based including a ferry training unit using Lockheed Hudsons and Bristol Beauforts were based at the airfield between November 1941 and March 1942, and 1425 Flight using Liberators between November 1941 and April 1942.

The airfield was also temporarily home to No. 21 OTU flying Wellingtons from RAF Enstone from August 1945 for two months because the runways at their home base were being repaired. From October 1945 until 1946 107 Sub Storage Unit from No. 8 Maintenance Unit used the airfield for storing Wellingtons and General Aircraft Hamilcar gliders.

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