RAF Longtown

RAF Longtown
Near Longtown, Cumbria in England
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force satellite station
Code	IO1
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 * No. 9 Group RAF * No. 13 Group RAF * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Coastal Command 1943- * No. 17 Group RAF
Location
RAF Longtown Shown within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria RAF Longtown RAF Longtown (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	55°00′21″N 002°55′15″W / 55.00583°N 2.92083°W / 55.00583; -2.92083
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	July 1941 - April 1946 (1946)
Airfield information
Elevation	30 metres (98 ft)1 AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00 2,000 yards (1,829 m) Concrete 00/00 1,380 yards (1,262 m) Concrete 00/00 1,150 yards (1,052 m) Concrete

Royal Air Force Longtown or more simply RAF Longtown is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Longtown, Cumbria and 7.7 miles (12.4 km) northeast of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

The following units were posted here at some point:

• No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF²
• No. 6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF²
• No. 9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF²
• No. 41 Squadron RAF between 1 August and 11 August 1942 with Supermarine Spitfire VB's³
• No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF²
• No. 59 Operational Training Unit RAF²
• No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit RAF²
• No. 1521 (Radio Aids Training) Flight RAF²
• No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF²

The site is currently farmland.²