RAF Henley-on-Thames

RAF Henley-on-Thames
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Location	Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire
Built	1939
In use	1940-1945
Coordinates
Map
RAF Henley-on-Thames Location in Berkshire
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0 0 Grass 00/00 0 0 Grass

RAF Henley-on-Thames is a former Royal Air Force grass-strip airfield in Berkshire, England, located near Henley-on-Thames. It was also known by a variety of other names: Cockpole Green, Upper Culham Farm, Crazies Hill, or Crazies Hill Farm.

History

The site was used to assemble and test Supermarine Spitfires and as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF White Waltham and RAF Woodley. It was built in late 1939 and closed in October 1945.

Current use

There is currently little to see on satellite imagery that the airfield existed as the runways were grass.

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

External links

• Notes on Spitfire production