RAF Milfield

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About

RAF Milfield, in the Northumberland borderland, opened in its wartime form in 1942 and became a centre for ground-attack training. No. 59 Operational Training Unit and the Fighter Leaders School prepared pilots for the Hawker Typhoon, and later Hawker Tempest, teaching the low-level rocket and cannon attack tactics used over Normandy and beyond. Flying ended in 1946. The central airfield was used by a gliding club for many years and the surrounding land has passed to industry, with perimeter tracks and range buildings still visible.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Milfield — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust and RAF Milfield — Wikipedia. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.

Photographs

Commonwealth War Graves, St Gregory's Church, Kirknewton. Commemorates British, Canadian and New Zealand pilots who lost their lives in training from RAF Milfield during World War II 1731124 Two stained glass windows were erected in the church, one in memory of the airmen from RAF Milfield, and one in memory of Lt. Cdr. D.R.B Cosh of the Royal Canadian Volunteer Naval Reserve, Commanding Officer of 881 Naval Air Squadron 1741751
ⓘ licence & creditAndrew Curtis / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commonwealth_War_Graves,_St_Gregory%27s_Church,_Kirknewton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1739754.jpgView source & full licence →
British Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Hawker Hurricane. Hurricane Mark IID, HW719, of No. 1 Specialised Low Attack Instructors School, on the ground at Milfield, Northumberland. This aircraft is fitted with two underwing 40mm Vickers anti-tank guns.
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer, Stannus (Plt Off) / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force,_1939-1945-_Hawker_Hurricane._CH18135.jpgView source & full licence →

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