RAF Ouston
Scotland
About
RAF Ouston opened in Northumberland in 1941 as a fighter sector station in No. 13 Group, guarding the industrial north-east. A succession of squadrons flew from it — among them the Polish No. 317 Squadron — on Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires, alongside army-cooperation and training units. Flying continued for many years after the war until the station passed to the Army in 1974; it is now Albemarle Barracks.
Photographs
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Dean Allison / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WW2_Pillbox_at_RAF_Ouston_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185141.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Andrew Curtis / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ouston_Airfield,_north_side_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2800663.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
peter maddison / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ouston_Airfield_(disused)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2254213.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Andrew Curtis / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_RAF_Ouston_near_Nesbitt_Hill_Head_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2800154.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Thomas Nugent / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_RAF_Ouston_from_the_air_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3177711.jpgView source & full licence →ⓘ licence & credit
Thomas Nugent / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_RAF_Ouston_from_the_air_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3177704.jpgView source & full licence →Home to
- No. 131 Squadron (County of Kent) — 10 Group
- No. 243 Squadron — 211 Group
People connected to this base
5 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aitken, Colin Campbell | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Gray, James | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Luxford, John | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Metcalfe, Horace Albert | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Oldham, Edward Murray | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |