RAF Warwick

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title: "RAF Warwick" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["airports-in-england", "royal-air-force-stations-in-warwickshire", "royal-air-force-stations-of-world-war-ii-in-the-united-kingdom", "military-airbases-established-in-1941", "military-airbases-closed-in-1946"] description: "Former RAF station in Warwickshire, England" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Warwick" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former RAF station in Warwickshire, England ::

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Field	Value
name	RAF Warwick
ensign	Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
ensign_size	90px
partof
location	Warwick, Warwickshire
country	England
image
image2
type	Relief Landing Ground
coordinates
pushpin_map	Warwickshire#UK
pushpin_map_caption	Shown within Warwickshire
pushpin_label	RAF Warwick
ownership	Air Ministry
operator	Royal Air Force
controlledby	RAF Flying Training Command
open_to_public
site_other_label
site_other
site_area
code
built
used	December 1941 – February 1946
battles	European theatre of World War II
past_commanders
garrison
occupants
footnotes	Operating dates.
elevation	50 m
r1-number	02/20
r1-length	1000 m
r1-surface	Grass
r2-length
r3-length
h1-length
airfield_other_label
airfield_other
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History

The first unit to use the station was No. 1 Flying Instructors School (FIS) operating Airspeed Oxfords and Avro Tutors which taught flying instructors. The main base was RAF Church Lawford but Warwick and RAF Hockley Heath were satellites where aircraft were dispersed. 1FIS was previously No. 2 Central Flying School RAF but changed to the current name on 13 January 1941. On 27 October 1942 1FIS was disbanded and turned into No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF ((P)AFU).

No. 18 (P)AFU flew Oxfords and Boulton Paul Defiants mainly from RAF Church Lawford but Warwick and other stations were used as satellites. The unit operated between 27 October 1942 and 29 May 1945.

Accidents and incidents

RAF Warwick had its fair share of accidents with a number listed between 1942 and 1945. These are just a small number of examples:

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Date	Incident	Reference
2 January 1942	Avro Tutor K3246 of No. 2 Central Flying School RAF hit a tree during a forced landing.	url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1942.htm
12 July 1942	Airspeed Oxford N4768 of No. 1 Flying Instructors School RAF crashed on overshoot.
29 December 1943	Bristol Beaufighter T3366 of No. 63 Operational Training Unit RAF swung on takeoff.	url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1943.htm
20 January 1944	Airspeed Oxford NM234 of No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit stalled after takeoff.	url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1944.htm
5 April 1945	Airspeed Oxford AT728 of No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit suffered a collapsed undercarriage when landing.	url=http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1945.htm
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Current use

The relief landing ground has been changed since the closure of the station with most of the hangars and all of the buildings demolished, this includes the building of Aylesford School and Sixth Form College and the creation of a business park called Tournament Fields.

References

References

1. "Warwick". [[Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust]].
2. "RAF Warwick RLG, Warwickshire". Atlantik Wall.
3. "Military flying units in the south west Midlands". Aviation Archaeology.
4. "Military aircraft crashes in the south west Midlands – 1942". Aviation Archaeology.
5. "Military aircraft crashes in the south west Midlands – 1943". Aviation Archaeology.
6. "Military aircraft crashes in the south west Midlands – 1944". Aviation Archaeology.
7. "Military aircraft crashes in the south west Midlands – 1945". Aviation Archaeology.
8. "Tournament Fields". Sackville Properties.

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