RAF Atherstone
| RAF Atherstone RAF Stratford | |||||||||||
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| Atherstone on Stour, Warwickshire in England | |||||||||||
A section of perimeter track at the airfield | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Satellite station | ||||||||||
| Code | NF | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command * No. 6 (T) Group RAF * No. 91 (OTU) Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°9′40″N 001°41′12″W / 52.16111°N 1.68667°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||
| In use | July 1941 – November 1945 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Second World War | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 116 metres (381 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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| Operational dates. | |||||||||||
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.