RAF Westhampnett
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| Royal Air Force Station Westhampnett | |
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| Active | July 1940 - 13 May 1946 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Type | Flying station |
| Role | Fighter aircraft |
| Part of | British Armed Forces; Fighter Command; No. 11 Group RAF |
| Based near | Chichester, West Sussex, England |
| Royal Air Force Ensign |  |
| March | Royal Air Force March Past |
| Engagements | Battle of Britain |
| RAF Westhampnett | |||
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| IATA: QUG – ICAO: EGHR | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | was Military, now Public | ||
| Owner | was Ministry of Defence, now Chichester/Goodwood Aerodrome | ||
| Operator | was Royal Air Force, now Chichester/Goodwood Airport | ||
| Location | West Sussex, England | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 110 ft / 34 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14R/32L | 4,019 | 1,225 | Grass |
| 06/24 | 855 | Grass | |
| 10/28 | 613 | Grass | |
| 14L/32R | 726 | Grass (Nov-Mar only) | |
The former Royal Air Force Station Westhampnett, more commonly known as RAF Westhampnett, was a Royal Air Force station, a military airfield, near Chichester, in the English County of West Sussex.
It was built as an emergency landing airfield for fighter aircraft, as a satellite station to RAF Tangmere. Built on land belonging to the Goodwood Estate, the then landowner, the Duke of Richmond, Frederick Gordon-Lennox retained the Title Deed to the land. Upon its closure by the RAF, Westhampnett airfield subsequently became the now world famous Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit.
[edit] RAF Westhampnett squadrons & aircraft
- No. 43 Squadron RAF
- No. 129 Squadron RAF
- No. 145 Squadron RAF - operating Hawker Hurricane
- No. 602 Squadron RAF - operating Supermarine Spitfire
- No. 610 Squadron RAF - operating Supermarine Spitfire
[edit] External links
- Airport information for EGHR at World Aero Data
- Royal Air Force - Battle of Britain 11 Group page
- gallery of images of RAF Westhampnett
- The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Westhampnett
[edit] See also
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- Royal Air Force station
- List of RAF stations
- List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
- List of aircraft of the RAF
- Chichester/Goodwood Airport
- Goodwood Circuit
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