RAF Hornby Hall

RAF Hornby Hall was a Royal Air Force satellite landing ground located near Brougham, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Penrith, Cumbria and 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north west of Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England.

RAF Hornby Hall No. 9 SLG
Penrith, Cumbria in England
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Coordinates	54°39′26″N 002°39′51″W
Type	Royal Air Force Station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Maintenance Command
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	March 1941 - 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	135 metres (443 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Grass

History

The airfield was opened on 17 March 1941, and was mostly used by No. 22 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) at RAF Silloth but changed to No. 12 MU at RAF Kirkbride.^[1][2]

The landing ground was also temporarily operated by No. 18 MU at RAF Dumfries sometime between July and September 1940.^[3] Closure came in July 1945, when the site was converted into a PoW camp for German prisoners.^[4]

Aircraft operated

• Fairey Battles
• Bristol Blenheims
• Blackburn Bothas
• Lockheed Hudsons

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations
• List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units

References

1. Smith 1990, p. 102.
2. "Hornby Hall - Satellite Landing Ground". Russell W. Barnes. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
3. "History of RAF Dumfries". Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
4. Smith 1990, p. 103.

Sources

• Smith, David J. (1990) [1981]. Action Stations 3: Military Airfields of Wales and the North-West. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 1-85260-375-5.