GB-0102
RAF Atherstone
VFR
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Name
RAF Atherstone
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ICAO
GB-0102
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
2:32 pm (GMT)
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Municipality
Warwickshire
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Coordinates
52° 9′ 39″ N 1° 41′ 12″ E
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Elevation
193 ft (59 m MSL)
About RAF Atherstone
RAF Atherstone was a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2.25 miles (3.62 km) south of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north-west of Shipston on Stour.
The airfield opened in 1941 when it was used by No. 22 Operational Training Unit RAF as a satellite from RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Through its life the airfield was home to a number of units before closing in 1945. However local sources state that the airfield was wrongly sited because it was directly on the flightpath from Wellesbourne and also the whole airfield was on hill, the main runway having quite a steep slope.
Atherstone had its name changed during operations when, in May 1942, it became RAF Stratford.