Oatlands Hill
OATLANDS HILL: Military aerodrome
Aerial view 2018
Note: This picture was obtained from Google Earth ©
Military users: RAF Fighter Command 70 Group
British Army AOP
US Army Air Corps
Location: S of A303, W of A360, NE of Berwick St James village, 7nm NNW of Salisbury
Period of operation: 1941 to 1946
Runways: NE/SW 1463 grass E/W 1097 grass
N/S 1280 grass
NOTES: In 1944 it is said that a USAAF operated Republic P-47D Thunderbolt was stationed here to perform high speed mail duties. Presumably in the run-up to D-Day.
It seems that late in 1944 only 195 RAF personnel were based here.
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