RAF Warmwell

England

50.6972, -2.3435 — view on OpenStreetMap ↗

About

RAF Warmwell opened in Dorset in 1937 as a fighter and gunnery station in No. 10 Group. Its Supermarine Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes flew in the Battle of Britain, Westland Whirlwinds operated from it later, and in 1944 the P-38 Lightnings of the USAAF’s 474th Fighter Group were based there. The station closed in 1945; a quarry now occupies the airfield proper and the village of Crossways covers the technical site.

Photographs

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- [Hawker Hurricane](/aircraft/19/). Hurricane Mark IIE, BE485 ‘AE-W’, of [No. 402 Squadron](/squadrons/407/) RCAF based at [Warmwell](/airfields/6382/), Dorset, in flight carrying two 250-lb GP bombs. The Mark IIE version was fitted with a 'universal' wing, permitting a variety of armament and stores to be carried without the necessity of modifying control systems and electrical circuits.
ⓘ licence & creditDaventry B J (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Hawker_Hurricane._CH4566.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Flying Officers Spain and Spencer of [No. 257 Squadron](/squadrons/106/) RAF wait on standby in their [Hawker Typhoon](/aircraft/22/) Mark IBs, and attended by their ground crews, at [Warmwell](/airfields/6382/), Dorset. The further aircraft is JP494 'FM-D'.
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force-_2nd_Tactical_Air_Force,_1943-1945._CH11993.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Ground crew loading a dinghy into a [Supermarine Spitfire](/aircraft/18/) Mark IIA, P8131 'AQ-C', of [No. 276 Squadron](/squadrons/375/) RAF at [Warmwell](/airfields/6382/), Dorset, during an air/sea rescue exercise.
ⓘ licence & creditClark N S (P/O), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Fighter_Command,_1939-1945._CH10732.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command [Spitfire](/aircraft/18/) pilots of [No 234 Squadron](/squadrons/101/) at rest in the pilots' room at [Warmwell](/airfields/6382/), 26 July 1941. The Squadron had spent much of its time in the West Country, flying convoy patrols and bomber escorts to the French ports.
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Fighter_Command_CH3430.jpgView source & full licence →
Rifle Range discovered during building preparation on NE side of WWII [RAF Warmwell](/airfields/6382/)
ⓘ licence & creditTerryjane at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rifle_Range_Warmwell_2007.JPGView source & full licence →
Brick Blockhouse discovered whilst clearing land on the NE side of site of [RAF Warmwell](/airfields/6382/)
ⓘ licence & creditTerryjane at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blockhouse_Warmwell_2007.JPGView source & full licence →
Remaining Bellman hangars on site of [RAF Warmwell](/airfields/6382/)
ⓘ licence & creditTerryjane at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellman_Hangars_Warmwell_2007.JPGView source & full licence →
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- [Westland Whirlwind](/aircraft/37/). Whirlwind Mark I, P7094 ‘HE-T’, of [No. 263 Squadron](/squadrons/171/) RAF, on the ground at [Warmwell](/airfields/6382/), Dorset, with Flying Officer J P Coyne, a Canadian pilot, in the cockpit. The markings below the cockpit indicate that this aircraft was presented to the RAF by the Bellows Foundation in South America.
ⓘ licence & creditGoodchild A (Flying Officer), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Westland_Whirlwind._CH8392.jpgView source & full licence →
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Ordinance Survey / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warmwell-16aug43.jpgView source & full licence →

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People connected to this base

106 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.

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Abrams, Basil Courtney Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Albertini, Antony Victor Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Axe, Frederick Arthur Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Baker, Ernest Reginald Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Barclay, John McGowan Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Barker, John Keel Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Barr, Alexander Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Beaumont, Robert Charles Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Blacklock, Norman Peter Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Blackshaw, Herbert John Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Bodie, Crelin Arthur Walford Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Brackley, Robert Arthur — Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Brearley, Edgar Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Buckwell, G Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Coghlan, Humphrey St. John Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Cooper, P F Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Cotton, Maxwell Tylney Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Coyne, James Patrick Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Crabtree, Norman V Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Crooks, David Alexander Cummings Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Currie, Vivian Lester Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Davie, Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Dimblebee, Frank Oswald Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Donaldson, Arthur Hay Squadron Leader Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Dunlop, Iain David Macdonald Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Eeles, Henry Squadron Leader Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Ferdinand, Roy Frederick Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Funnell, Kenneth James Forrester Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Garthwaite, Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Gill, Donald Ross Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Graham, Kenneth Alfred George Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Gray, L S — Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Green, Fred A Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Grimsdick, Edward Oliver Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Haddocks, Jack — Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Handley, William Arnold Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Harvey, Philip Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Heaton, William Whitaker Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Hicks, Francis Leslie Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Holland, Kenneth Christopher Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Holman, Eric John Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Holmes, Joseph William Ernest Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Howe, Bernard Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Hughes, J. G. Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Hunter, Thomas Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Johnstone, A. N. W. Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Jowitt, Douglas St. John Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Kennedy, Irvine Farmer Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
King, Cecil Percy Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Kitchener, Herbert Horatio Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Lee-white, Arthur Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Lovell, Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Lovell, William A Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Lovell, Stuart James Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Macaulay, John Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Mason, Dennis William Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
McClure, John Edward Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
McPhail, Donald Burton Warrant Officer Class I Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Mercer, Paul Thomas Richard Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Meredith, John Eutychus Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Milligan, George Stanley Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Mogg, Douglas Edwin George Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Morgan-dean, George Barry Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Morton, Frank Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Muirhead, Harvey Donald Warrant Officer Class I Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Munro, John Gray Squadron Leader Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Olivier, Harold Antony Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Prior, Derrick Ellis Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Proctor, Harold Medd Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Purkis, John Barrie Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Reddington, Leslie Arthur Edwin Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Reed, Richard Irl Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Ridley, Kenneth Charles Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Robinson, John Joseph Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Ross, David George Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Rudland, Clifford Percival Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Samant, Dattatraya Anant Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Shaw, Morris Ezra Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Silver, William Gerald Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Simpson, James Ian Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Small, Douglas Francis Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Smith, G. H. Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Smith, Wynford Ormonde Leoni Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Snalam, Frederick Donald Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Stein, David Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Sturgeon, D. W. — Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Sturt, Henry Twite Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Tebbitt, Donald Frank Jelicoe Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Thornton-brown, Patrick Glynn Squadron Leader Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Thyagarajan, Sayana Puram Duraiswamy Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Todd, D. C. Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Tooth, Arthur Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Tuff, Robert Bruce Flying Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Unwin, Leonard Arthur Flight Lieutenant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Van Zeller, Christopher Peter Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Waddington, W D Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Walker, John James Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Warnes, Geoffrey Berrington Squadron Leader Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Watkins, William Edwin Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
White, George Desmond Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Williams, David John Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Williams, George Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Wood, George A Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Woodward, Robert Sinckler Squadron Leader Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Wright, W. R. Flight Sergeant Aircrew (squadron based here) —
Yates, Jocelyn Ivan Pilot Officer Aircrew (squadron based here) —