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Airport type | Royal Air Force satellite station | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Location | Greatham | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 54°38′58″N 001°12′46″W / 54.64944°N 1.21278°W | ||||||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Greatham or more simply RAF Greatham is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Greatham, County Durham, England.
It was also known as RAF West Hartlepool and was located at Hartlepool and was little more than a grass airstrip, a satellite station of RAF Thornaby.
It was home to four of 403 Squadron's Supermarine Spitfires from 19 June 1942 to 22 January 1943; operating forward from RAF Catterick.
The airfield was once home to No. 645 Volunteer Gliding School, [1] who operate Grob Vigilant Motor Gliders for the Air Training Corps. They are now located at RAF Topcliffe in Yorkshire.
The following units were also here at some point: [2]
Little now remains, as the site was developed after the war by British Steel Corporation.