RAF Bramcote

RAF Bramcote RNAS Bramcote (HMS Gamecock)
Bramcote, Warwickshire in England
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Coordinates	52°29′23″N 001°23′57″W / 52.48972°N 1.39917°W / 52.48972; -1.39917
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	RT[1]
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry Admiralty
Operator	Royal Air Force Royal Navy
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command 1940-43 * No. 1 Group RAF * No. 6 Group RAF * No. 92 Group RAF RAF Transport Command 1943-47 Fleet Air Arm[1]
Site history
Built	1939 (1939)/40
Built by	John Laing & Son Ltd
In use	1940 - 1946 (Royal Air Force) 1946 - 1959 (1959) (Royal Navy)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation	115 metres (377 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 1,600 yards (1,463 m) Sommerfeld Tracking 08/26 1,400 yards (1,280 m) Sommerfeld Tracking 13/31 1,400 yards (1,280 m) Sommerfeld Tracking

Royal Air Force Bramcote, or more simply RAF Bramcote, is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England used during the Second World War. It was later transferred to the Admiralty and was known as Royal Naval Air Station Bramcote, (RNAS Bramcote), and when commissioned became HMS Gamecock. When it subsequently transferred to the British Army from the Admiralty, it was called Gamecock Barracks.^[2]