| RAF Warmwell USAAF Station AAF-454 RAF Moreton   | |||||||||||
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| Warmwell, Dorset in England | |||||||||||
 Aerial Photo of Warmwell Airfield - 16 August 1943 | |||||||||||
  RAF Warmwell Shown within Dorset | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°41′50″N 002°20′40″W / 50.69722°N 2.34444°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force Satellite Station | ||||||||||
| Code | XW | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Flying Training Command 1937-40 RAF Fighter Command 1940-44 & 1944- Ninth Air Force 1944 | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1936/37 | ||||||||||
| In use | May 1937 - November 1945 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 63 metres (207 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Warmwell or more simply RAF Warmwell is a former Royal Air Force station near Warmwell in Dorset, England from 1937 to 1946, located about 5 miles east-southeast of Dorchester; 100 miles southwest of London.
During the Second World War it was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces Ninth Air Force.
- ^ Falconer 1998, p. 87.