RAF Woolsington, aircraft hangars
RAF Woolsington, aircraft hangars
HER Number
              11484
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              RAF Woolsington, aircraft hangars
          Place
              Woolsington
          Map Sheet
              NZ17SE
          Class
              Transport
          Site Type: Broad
              Air Transport Site
          Site Type: Specific
              Hangar
          General Period
              20TH CENTURY
          Specific Period
              Second World War 1939 to 1945
          Form of Evidence
              Structure
          Description
              During World War Two RAF Woolsington was a grass flying field equipped with Bellman and Blister aircraft hangars as well as civilian hangars. By 1944 its function was a storage and maintenance unit attached to 43 Group. Post-war prior to 1985, the airfield was expanded and redeveloped as a civil airport. Two large structures are visible on aerial photographs of 1946.
          Easting
              419040
          Northing
              571640
          Grid Reference
              NZ419040571640
    Sources
              English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1432087); Aerial Photograph RAF/106G/UK/1193 4194 27-Feb-1946