RAF Hurn
| RAF Hurn USAAF Station AAF-492 | |||||||||||
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| Bournemouth, Dorset in England | |||||||||||
Hurn airfield photographed in May 1947 still showing its Second World War configuration | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | KU | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1944 | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-44 * No. 11 Group RAF Ninth Air Force | ||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 50°46′54″N 001°50′23″W / 50.78167°N 1.83972°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940/41 | ||||||||||
| In use | July 1941 - 1946 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 10 metres (33 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Hurn or more simply RAF Hurn is a former Royal Air Force station located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Christchurch, Dorset, England
Opened in 1941, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a transport and fighter airfield.
Hurn was the final airfield in England for aircraft flying to Morocco for the North African and Italian campaigns, avoiding France, Spain and Portugal airspace.
Since 1969, it has also been called Bournemouth Airport. The RAF have returned to Hurn in the form of a temporary Outsourcing Contract for Multi-Engine Pilot Training to cope with limited capacity through normal Training Provisions using L3 Harris Airline Academy (2018 -).