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Tranwell Airfield
Tranwell Airfield in England North East, United Kingdom.
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Tranwell Airfield is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
Tranwell Airfield is a former airfield located 3.3 miles (5.3 km) southwest of Morpeth and 11.5 miles (18.5 km) north west of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The former airfield is the site of the former Royal Air Force Station Morpeth or simply RAF Morpeth which was an air gunnery school and was home to No. 80 (French) Operational Training Unit RAF. Today the site has reverted to agriculture although several wartime buildings remain and are used for storage. Parts of the hard standings also survive and are used for a car boot sale every Sunday.
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Background
History
The airfield initially housed No. 4 Air Gunnery School (4 AGS). Accommodation was in 10 dispersal sites to the north and east of the airfield near Tranwell village and The Whitehouse Centre (post-war this became a children's hospital). The main aircraft used during its early existence for teaching air gunners was the unpopular Blackburn Botha, which was very heavy and under-powered, often taking the whole of the runway to get airborne. Following several crashes and collisions, it was eventually replaced with the Avro Anson. Most of the air gunnery practice occurred off shore at Druridge Bay where several of the original wartime structures still exist at the National Trust site, and flew…
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- Coordinates
- 55.1289, -1.7356
- Address
- Morpeth, Northumberland
- Established
- 1942
Sources
- wikidata: Q7835503 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tranwell Airfield (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tranwell Airfield?
- Tranwell Airfield is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Tranwell Airfield built?
- Built or established in 1942.
- Who owns Tranwell Airfield?
- Tranwell Airfield is owned by Air Ministry.