RAF Westcott | |||||||||||
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| Westcott, Buckinghamshire in England | |||||||||||
 Aerial view of RAF Westcott | |||||||||||
  RAF Westcott Shown within Buckinghamshire  RAF Westcott RAF Westcott (the United Kingdom) | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°50′46″N 000°58′15″W / 51.84611°N 0.97083°W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | WX[1] | ||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command * No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF * No. 92 (OTU) Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1941/42 | ||||||||||
| In use | September 1942 - 1995 | ||||||||||
| Fate | Transferred to the Ministry of Supply in 1946 and became the home for the Rocket Propulsion Establishment | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 70 metres (230 ft) [1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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RAF Westcott is a former Royal Air Force station located near Westcott in Buckinghamshire, England. The site fully opened in September 1942 and was the base of No.11 Operational Training Unit (OTU) flying the Vickers Wellington medium bomber until the RAF moved out in August 1945, the station was officially closed on 3 April 1946.[2]
The airfield was then transferred to the Ministry of Supply and became the home for the Rocket Propulsion Establishment until the mid-1990s.
The site is now Westcott Venture Park, which is the registered address for 37 companies.[3]
- ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 209.
- ^ "RAF Westcott history and information". Airfields of Britain. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "List of companies registered in Westcott Venture Park". Retrieved 5 March 2019.