RAF Hullavington

RAF Hullavington was a Royal Air Force station in Hullavington, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.RAF Hullavington has switched regiments at the current time it is RLC-Royal Logistic Corps.

Location

*5 miles N of Chippenham
*Lat/long: coord|51|31|30|N|02|08|00|W
*Grid Ref: ST900810
*Height above sea level: 340 ft

History

Opened on 9 July 1937 as a Flying Training School.

Unit badge

The RAF Hullavington Badge show a red dragon holding aloft a beacon. The motto is in English, 'Service to Many'.

Units based at the station

The station has performed many different roles; these are summarised with dates below:

Royal Air Force

* 1937-1957 Flying Training Schools (from Apr 1942-Jul 1949 Empire Central Flying School)
* 1938-1959 Maintenance Unit
* 1958 114 Sqn
* 1949-1965 Air Navigation School
* 1957-1962 Air Electronics School
* 1967-1982 Parachute Packing Unit
* 1985-1995 Balloon Operations Sqn
* 1986-1995 No 4626 (Aeromedical Evacuation) Squadron RAuxAF

Royal Air Force Regiment

* 1982-1990 No 5 Wing RAF Regiment
* 1987-1988 No 3 Sqn RAF Regiment
* 2 & 15 Sqn RAF Regiment(1986 - ??)

Air Transport Auxiliary

*No 8 Ferry Pilot Pool Nov 1940 - Mar 1941)
*No 1427 (Ferry Training) Flt (18 May - 05 Sep 1942)

Current usage

Today the site is used as the home of 9 Supply Regiment Royal Logistic Corps and it was renamed in 2003 Buckley Barracks after the VC winner John Buckley [ [http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2003/5/8/156110.html Barracks renamed after hero ] ] .

The airfield is used on weekends and bank holidays by 621 and 625 Volunteer Gliding Squadrons flying winch launched gliders for the Air Training Corps.

References

*http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/07/a8829507.shtml