RAF Thorney Island [entry point]

Title

RAF Thorney Island [entry point]

Description

RAF Thorney Island was an RAF Coastal Command station located in West Sussex 7 miles (11 kms) east of Portsmouth.

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Opened in 1938 RAF Thorney Island was in Coastal Command for most of the war. Numerous units and aircraft types operated from the station. Aircraft using the station during the war included Ansons, B-17s, B-24s, Beaufighters, Beauforts, Blenheims, Hampdens, Hectors, Hudsons, Mosquitos, Typhoons, Wellingtons and Whitleys. Closed as an RAF station in 1976 the British Army now occupy the site.



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Contributor

Nigel Moore

Citation

“RAF Thorney Island [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/43987.

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