RAF Worthy Down

RAF Worthy Down

RAF Worthy Down was a Royal Air Force station near Winchester, Hampshire. It was opened near Kings Worthy on the site of Winchester Racecourse, opening in August 1918.

RAF use

*No. 7 Squadron RAF - 7 April 1927 - 3 September 1936
*No. XXXV Squadron RAF - 26 August 1936 - 20 April 1938
*No. 58 Squadron RAF - 1 April 1924 - 13 January 1936
*No. 102 Squadron RAF - 1 October 1935 - 3 September 1936
*No. 215 Squadron RAF - 1 October 1935 - 14 March 1936
*Southampton UAS - 1945 - 1946

Royal Navy use

On 24 May 1939 the site was transfered to the Royal Navy and was named HMS Kestrel. Various Fleet Air Arm training schools and ferry units were based at the station.

*700 Naval Air Squadron - 1945
*734 Naval Air Squadron - February 1944 - 1945
*739 Naval Air Squadron (BADU) - September 1943 - September 1944
*755 Naval Air Squadron - 1939
*756 Naval Air Squadron - 1939 - 1943
*757 Naval Air Squadron - 1939 - 1943
*763 Naval Air Squadron - December 1939 - June 1940
*763 (FAA Pool) Naval Air Squadron - February - July 1941
*800 Naval Air Squadron - 1938 - 1939
*803 Naval Air Squadron - 21 November 1938
*806 Naval Air Squadron - May 1940
*807 Naval Air Squadron - 15 September 1940
*808 Naval Air Squadron - 1 July 1940 - 5 September 1940
*811 Naval Air Squadron - October 1939
* 815 Naval Air Squadron - 15 October 1939 - May 1940
*822 Naval Air Squadron - October 1939
*848 Naval Air Squadron - November 1959 - March 1960
*Air Electrical School - June 1952 - 1 November 1960

Additionally Supermarine used the airfield in the development of the Spitfire from December 1940 to March 1944.

Post war flying was reduced and on 9 January 1950 the station closed after 2 years on Care and Maintenance.

In July 1952 it was renamed HMS Ariel, when the Air Engineering School moved in from Warrington until 1 November 1960 and the airfield was closed.

Army use

The base transferred to the British Army Royal Army Pay Corps in December 1960.

External links

* [http://www.helis.com/database/heliport/uk_worthy_down Airfield information]
* [http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/wdn.html Hampshire Airfields information]


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