RAF Southrop
| RAF Southrop | |||||||||||
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| Southrop, Gloucestershire in England | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Satellite Station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Flying Training Command | ||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 51°43′50″N 001°44′24″W / 51.73056°N 1.74000°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1940 - 1947 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Southrop or more simply RAF Southrop is a former Royal Air Force Satellite Station west of the village of Southrop, Gloucestershire during the Second World War from August 1940 to November 1945.
It had three grass runways, It was used as a Relief Landing Ground for Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard training aircraft for No. 23 Group RAF.
The defences included a double pillbox.
The following units were here at some point: