RAF Winkleigh

RAF Winkleigh USAAF Station 460
Winkleigh, Devon in England
Site information
Type	Satellite station
Code	WK[1]
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces 1943-44
Controlled by	RAF Fighter Command * No. 10 Group RAF 1943 & 1944 Ninth Air Force RAF Flying Training Command * No. 23 Group RAF 1944-
Location
RAF Winkleigh Shown within Devon Show map of Devon RAF Winkleigh RAF Winkleigh (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°52′04″N 003°57′34″W / 50.86778°N 3.95944°W / 50.86778; -3.95944
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)/43
In use	January 1943 - December 1958 (1958)
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	165 metres (541 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Concrete/Tarmac 00/00  Concrete/Tarmac

Royal Air Force Winkleigh, or more simply RAF Winkleigh, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near to Winkleigh, Devon and south of Barnstaple, Devon, England.

The following units were here at some point:

• A detachment No. 161 Squadron RAF (1943-44)^[2]
• A detachment of No. 286 Squadron RAF (1942-)^[3]
• No. 406 Squadron RCAF (1944)^[4]
• No. 415 Squadron RCAF (1943-44)^[5]
• Norwegian Training Base between December 1944 and November 1945

• Falconer, J. (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
• Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.