RAF Tern Hill

Royal Air Force Tern Hill, or more simply RAF Tern Hill, (ICAO: EGOE) was a Royal Air Force station at Ternhill in Shropshire, England, near the towns of Newport and Market Drayton.It is predominantly used as a relief landing ground for helicopters of the No 1 Flying Training School, based at RAF Shawbury.[4] The last two squadrons which were posted here had a status of cadre: The land was sold off in 1922 for use as a race horse stable.78 Squadron RAF which flew from Tern Hill as an detachment flying the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley IVA from June 1939 until August 1939.[10] During that period, which covered the Battle of Britain, the airfield was attacked by the Luftwaffe, when 10 bombs were dropped in July 1940 without causing casualties.[17] Tern Hill was one of the RAF stations that provided the first stage of the, then, new Provost/de Havilland Vampire pilot training programme.However, their stay was short: on 8 October 1976 the unit was posted elsewhere and the site was used by as a relief landing ground (RLG) which lasted until 30 March 1997.
Airfield at RAF Ternhill
RAF Tern Hill in 1962 with the main station hangars at the rear. A preserved Japanese Kawasaki Ki-100 is displayed in the foreground.
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