RAF Harwell
| RAF Harwell | |||||||||||
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| Harwell, Oxfordshire in England | |||||||||||
A Short Stirling of No. 295 Squadron RAF, taking off from RAF Harwell towing an Airspeed Horsa glider, 17 September 1944. This was one of 25 Stirling/Horsa combinations which carried the Headquarters of I Airborne Corps to landing zones near Groesbeek, Nijmegen as part of Operation Market Garden | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | HW | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command 1937-44 & 1945 * No. 2 Group RAF * No. 6 (T) Group RAF * No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Fighter Command 1944-45 * No. 12 Group RAF * No. 38 Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°34′30″N 1°18′43″W / 51.575°N 1.312°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1914 & 1936/37 | ||||||||||
| Built by | John Laing & Son Ltd | ||||||||||
| In use | 1914-?? February 1937 - 1945 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 117 metres (384 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Harwell or more simply RAF Harwell is a former Royal Air Force station, near the village of Harwell, located 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south east of Wantage, Oxfordshire and 17 miles (27 km) north west of Reading, Berkshire, England.
The site is now the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus which includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.