RAF Honeybourne | |||||||||||
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| Honeybourne, Worcestershire in England | |||||||||||
  RAF Honeybourne Shown within Worcestershire  RAF Honeybourne RAF Honeybourne (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°04′47″N 001°50′28″W / 52.07972°N 1.84111°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station parent station 1941-46 | ||||||||||
| Code | HQ[1] | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Ferry Command RAF Bomber Command * No. 6 (T) Group RAF * No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
| Built by | John Laing & Son Ltd | ||||||||||
| In use | October 1941 - January 1946 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 54 metres (177 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Honeybourne, or more simply RAF Honeybourne, was a Royal Air Force station located 0.6 miles (0.97 km) south of Honeybourne, Worcestershire, England and 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
The station was operational from 1940[2] or 1941 to 1946[3] or 15 November 1947.[4]
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 111.
- ^ "RAF Honeybourne". The Wartime Memories Project. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "RAF Honeybourne". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Honeybourne". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 27 March 2012.