RAF Peterborough

Royal Air Force Peterborough or more simply RAF Peterborough is a former Royal Air Force installation in Cambridgeshire located 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Peterborough city centre and 9.4 miles (15.1 km) southeast of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

RAF Peterborough
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in England
RAF Peterborough on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1939
RAF Peterborough Shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates	52°35′19″N 000°16′53″W / 52.58861°N 0.28139°W / 52.58861; -0.28139
Type	Royal Air Force installation
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1932 (1932)
In use	1932-1964 (1964)
Airfield information
Elevation	24 metres (79 ft) AMSL

History

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 1 Aircraft Storage Unit RAF
• No. 1 Pupil Pilots Pool RAF
• No. 7 Flying Training School RAF
• No. 7 (Pilots) Advancing Flying Unit RAF
• No. 7 Service Flying Training School RAF
• No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
• No. 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying Training School RAF

Current use

The site is currently used for industrial work, and HMP Peterborough prison.^[1]

See also

• List of former Royal Air Force stations

References

1. "Peterborough II (Westwood)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2015.