RAF Bomber Command * No. 7 (T) Group RAF * No. 93 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Transport Command[1]
Site history
Built
1940 (1940)/41
In use
July 1941 - 1987 (1987)
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation
128 metres (420 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
04/22
1,672 metres (5,486 ft) Concrete
10/28
1,170 metres (3,839 ft) Concrete
17/35
1,170 metres (3,839 ft) Concrete
Royal Air Force Bitteswell or more simply RAF Bitteswell is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Lutterworth, Leicestershire and 6.1 miles (9.8 km) north of Rugby, Warwickshire, England.
Construction of the grass airfield at RAF Bitteswell was started in March 1940 and it opened in June 1941.[2] The original grass runways were replaced between February and June 1943 with concrete and asphalt.[2] During WW2 it was used by the RAF for bomber operations and training. During and after WW2 it was also used for aircraft assembly, maintenance, and jet engine development.
^ abcFalconer 2012, p. 53.
^ abChorlton, Martyn (2003). Leicestershire and Rutland Airfields in the Second World War. Countryside Books. ISBN 1853068004
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project to reduce noise in jet engines. While carrying out tests at RAFBitteswell on a Hawker Hunter F.5 fitted with a Sapphire engine, he was suddenly...
Shackleton AEW.2 In 1971 twelve MR.2s were converted at Woodford and Bitteswell as Airborne Early Warning aircraft, the first AEW.2 flew on 30 September...
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Hunter F.2 Sapphire 101 engine, first flight 14 October 1953 (WN888, Bitteswell), 45 built by Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry. Last delivery 4 Nov 1954...
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