RAF Barford St John [entry point]
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RAF Barford St John was a Bomber Command training station located in Oxfordshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south of Banbury.
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It was opened in July 1941 with grass runways and initially used by Oxfords of 15 Service Flying Training School. In 1942 it was upgraded with paved runways as a Bomber Command station. It was a satellite to RAF Upper Heyford with the Wellingtons of 16 Operational Training Unit as well as the P-51s of 4 Squadron and 169 Squadron. The station was also used for the Gloster E28/39 and Meteor jet aircraft development. In late 1944 a Mosquito Training Unit occupied the station preparing crews for 8 Group. The station is now a communications facility for the United States Air Force.
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