MIDDLE WALLOP
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MAYP later EGVP.
Lat/Long 51 08 45N/01 34 07W .Grid ref SU 303385 .297 feet ASL.6 miles SW of Andover.Ident "MW".USAAF Station No.449(1944 RT callsign"Poster",HF/DF UF6)

RUNWAYS:Grass,present day - 08/26 730m ft.13/31 730m .01/19 730m,( in 1945 listed as 19/01 1600 yds,24/06 1780x5o yds both Sommerfeld Tracking)

middle Wallop map
Middle Wallop Airfield."A" = Camp."B" = AAC Museum."C" = Middle Wallop village ."D" = Airfield.
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Middle Wallop Airfield overhead view

Building at Middle Wallop started in mid 1938,but the airfield was not completed until early in 1940,opening officially on 16/4/40 as RAF Middle Wallop.The airfield remained with the RAF throughout the war,passing to Royal Navy control as HMS Flycatcher ,on 16/2/45.The Navy used the field for the preparation of MONABS(Mobile Naval Air Operation Bases).There was very little flying during this period.On 10.4.46 the airfield reverted to RAF control and remained as a RAF base until 1/9/57,when with the formation of the Army Air Corps,Middle Wallop passed to the Army,in whose hands it has remained ever since.

The Museum of Army Flying , located at Middle Wallop has many exhibits illustrating the evolution of army flying.

AAC Lynx
Saro Skeeter and Auster AOP.9 WZ716.This picture , from Pat Honey,was taken at Middle Wallop in 1958 when the Army Air Service took over.

RAF Units

15 SFTS,Oxford/Master,arr 6/40,dep11/6/40
16 Sq,Mustang I,arr 4/42,dep 1/43.
16 Sq,Mustang I/Tomahawk II,arr 1/6/43,dep 29/6/43.
19 Sq,Spitfire VC,arr 1/3/43,dep 10/3/43.
19 Sq,Spitfire VC,arr 13/3/43,dep 5/4/43.
23 Sq,Havoc I,arr 3/41,dep 2/42.
32 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 15/12/40,dep 16/2/41.
56 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 29/11/40,dep 17/12/40
63 SqSpifire LFXVIE,Reformed 1/9/46,dep 3/9/46
63 Sq,Spitfire LFXVIE,arr 30/10/46,dep 5/1/48
80 Sq,Tempest V,arr 5/5/47,dep 16/5/47.
93 Sq,HarrowI/Havoc I/Havoc Turbinlite/Wellington IC/Boston I,Formed from 420 Flt 7/12/40,disbanded 18/11/41.
125 Sq,Mosquito XVBII,arr 31/7/44,dep 18/10/44.
151 Sq,Mosquito XII,arr 16/8/43,dep 17/11/43.
164 Sq,Hurricane IID,arr 8/2/43,dep 20/6/43.
164 Sq,Spitfire IX/LFXVIE,arr 26/4/46,renumbered 63 Sq,31/8/46
165 Sq,Spitfire IXE,arr 3/7/46,dep 8/7/46.
169 Sq,Mustang I/Mosquito I,arr 21/6/43,disbanded 30/9/43.
182 Sq,Typhoon IB,arr 1/3/43,dep 5/4/43.
234 Sq,Spitfire I,arr 14/8/40,dep 11/9/40.
236 Sq,Blenheim IF,arr 14/6/40,dep 4/7/40.
238 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 2/6/40,dep 14/8/40
238 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 10/9/40,dep 30/9/40.
238 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 1/41,dep 1/2/41.
245 Sq,Hurricane IIB/C,arr 19/12/41,dep 26/10/42.
247 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 5/42,dep
247 Sq,Typhoon IB,arr 28/2/43,dep 5/4/43.
256 Sq,Defiant I,arr 2/41,dep
285 Sq,Hurricane IV,arr 11/44.
288 Sq,Spitfire LF16E/Balliol T2,Reformed 16/3/53 disbanded 30/9/57.
400 Sq,Mustang I ,arr 6/42,dep
400 Sq,Mustang I,arr 27/12/42,dep 1/3/43.
406 Sq,Beaufighter VIF,arr 8/12/42,dep 31/3/43.
414 Sq,Mustang I,arr 1/2/43,dep 20/2/43.
41 Sq,Mustang I,arr 9/4/43,dep 26/5/43.
418 Sq,Mosquito II,arr 29/7/44,dep 28/8/44.
456 Sq,Mosquito II/IV,arr 29/3/43,dep 17/8/43.
501 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 4/7/40,dep 25/7/40
501 Sq,Spitfire VC,arr 24/8/42,dep 8/10/42.
501 Sq,Spifire VC,arr 10/10/42,dep 19/10/42.
504 Sq,Spitfire VB/VC,arr 19/10/42,dep 30/12/42.
537 Sq,Turbinlite Havoc/Boston III/Hurricane IIB,formed from 1458 Flt 8/9/42,disbanded 25/1/43.
587 Sq,Various types,detachment 10/44.
601 Sq,Hurricane I,arr 1/6/40,dep 17/6/40.
604 Sq,Beaufighter II,arr 27/7/40,dep 12/8/42.
604 Sq,Beaufighter II,arr 23/8/42,dep 7/12/42.
609 Sq,Spitfire I,arr 6/7/40,dep 2/10/40.
657 Sq,AOP4/6/Hoverfly,arr 19/1/48 ,disbanded 1/11/55
651 Sq,Sycamore II/AOP6,renumbered from 657 Sq 1/11/55.to AAC 1/9/57
662 Sq,AOP,formed 1/9/49,disbanded 10/3/57
43 OTU,AOP5/6/7,became 227 OCU /Light Aircraft School in 1948
420 Flt,Harrow,formed 10/40

AAC Units

The Glider Regiment arr 50s
651 Sq,Sycamore HCII/AOP6,Tfd to AAC 1/9/57
666 Sq,Scout AH1.
667 Sq Gazelle/Lynx/Scout,,
670 Sq,Gazelle AH1,
671 Sq,Lynx AH7,
Basic and Fixed Wing Flight ,Chipmunk.
AAC Historic Flight
No 6 Independent Flt,Skeeter/Allouette/AOP9/Beaver.
Basic Helicopter Flight,Bell 47G(operated by Bristow Helicopters.
USAAF UNIT
67RG/12RS arr 14-03-43,dep - 5/7/44. L-4 coded ZM
67RG/15RS arr 16-03-44,dep - 5/7/44 .F-6 coded 5M
67RG/30RS arr 17-05-443,dep - 9/6/44.(unit history says 5 July 44) F-5 coded I6
67RG/107RS arr 11-12-43,dep - 5-7-44. F-6 coded AX
67RG/109RS arr 12-12-43,dep - 5-7-44. F-6 coded VX
F-5E-2-LO 43-28674.USAAF photo.
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