Culmhead

Airfield
Aerial photograph of Churchstanton airfield, looking north, 26 June 1942. Photograph taken by No. 8 Operational Training Unit, sortie number RAF/FNO/16. English Heritage (RAF Photography). eh-209.jpg RAF_FNO_16_V_6015 Aerial photograph of Churchstanton airfield, looking north, 26 June 1942. Photograph taken by No. 8 Operational Training Unit, sortie number RAF/FNO/16. English Heritage (RAF Photography). Historic England

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Object Number - RAF_FNO_16_V_6015 - Aerial photograph of Churchstanton airfield, looking north, 26 June 1942. Photograph taken by No. 8 Operational Training Unit, sortie number...

An RAF fighter airfield from 1941 to 1943, Churchstanton's name was changed to Culmhead to avoid confusion with RAF Church Fenton. The base was allocated to the Ninth Air Force in 1943 but not used. It was closed in 1946 but used as Composite Signals Organisation Station during the Cold War.

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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / http://www.southwestairfields.co.uk/?page_id=39

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