RAF Longtown

RAF Longtown
Near Longtown, Cumbria in England
RAF Longtown Shown within Cumbria
Coordinates
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941-1946 (1946)
Airfield information
Elevation	30 metres (98 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete 00/00  Concrete

Royal Air Force Longtown or more simply RAF Longtown is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Longtown, Cumbria and 7.7 miles (12.4 km) northeast of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

History

The following units were posted here at some point:

• No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF.
• No. 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.
• No. 9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF.
• No. 41 Squadron RAF between 1 August and 11 August 1942 with Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB's.
• No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF.
• No. 59 Operational Training Unit RAF.
• No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit RAF.
• No. 1521 Radio Aids Training Flight RAF.
• No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF.

Current use

The site is currently Farmland.