Stanton Harcourt
STANTON HARCOURT: Military aerodrome
Note: The first picture was obtained from Google Earth ©, and the map kindly provided by Mr Graham Frost.
Military user: RAF Bomber Command 91 Group
OTU [Operational Training Unit] (Armstrong Whitworth Whitleys & Handley Page Halifaxs)
1501 BAT Flight (Airspeed Oxfords)
Location: W of B4449, SW of Stanton Harcourt, 5nm W of Oxford
Period of operation: 1940 to 1946
Runways: 05/23 1463x46 hard 17/35 1006x46 hard
11/29 1006x46 hard
NOTES: Along the way I found it was claimed the Type 12779/41 control tower is still there.
A 'Google' search in 2015 revealed a lot of information and many pictures of existing buildings. But no control tower? Quite a lot of the airfield site is now a lake, a disused gravel pit or similar. However, without too much doubt the SW end of runway 05/23 still exists, and is marked on the first picture. It also seems possible that the northern top end of runway 17/35 still exists?
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