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Cowley

Major
County: Oxfordshire
Current Status: Industry
Date: 22 September 1939 - September 1945
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / Civil
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved
Aircraft Roles: Aircraft modification/repair (main role) / Communications / Trainer

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  • Morris Motors Ltd

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 50 MU
  • No 84 Gp Comms Flight
  • No 84 Gp Comms Sqn 
  • No 90 MU
  • No 130 EGS / C130 EGS
  • No 130 GS

Footage of a Supermarine Spitfire at Cowley, 1945. Courtesy of British Pathé

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