RAF Theale

Former Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England

51°25′37″N 1°03′56″W / 51.42694°N 1.06556°W / 51.42694; -1.06556Site informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air ForceControlled byRAF Flying Training CommandSite historyBuilt1935 (1935)In use1935-1948 (1948)Battles/warsSecond World War

Royal Air Force Theale or more simply RAF Theale is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located south of Theale, Berkshire, England.

The following units were here at some point:

Relief Landing Ground for No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (September 1939 - July 1941)^[1]
No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (August 1941 - July 1945)^[2]
No. 42 Group Communication Flight RAF (1942 - May 1944)^[3]
No. 128 Gliding School RAF (July 1944 - July 1948)^[4]
No. 2818 Squadron RAF Regiment^[5]
Air Crew Disposal Unit (October - December 1945)^[6]

Current use

The site is now used as gravel pits and leisure activities.^[5]

References

^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 102.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 103.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 158.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 145.
^ ^a ^b "Theale (Sheffield Farm)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 43.

Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.

Royal Air Force

Ministry of Defence

formations
and units

units	Commands Groups Wings Squadrons Flights Conversion units Operational Training units Schools / Training units Ferry units Glider units Misc units
stations	Active Former Satellite Landing Grounds
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