RAF Westcott

RAF Westcott

RAF Westcott was a World War II Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire. It was used by 11 OTU (Operational Training Unit) during the war, along with its satellite station RAF Oakley. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was the home of the Rocket Propulsion Establishment. One notable feature of this era was that RAF Westcott did not appear on Ordnance Survey maps of the area. The site is now a Venture Park, for light industry.


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