Cranwell (including Cranwell North)
| Also known as: | Cranwell Aerodrome / Cranwell North Aerodrome / Cranwell South / Cranwell South Aerodrome / HMS Daedalus / RAF Cranwell / RAF Station, Cranwell / RNAS Cranwell |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened 1 April 1916 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RNAS (main user) / FAA / AAC / Civil |
| Landing Surface Types: | (Cranwell North) unpaved; (Cranwell South) unpaved, later paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Army aviation / Communications / General aviation / Naval aviation / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Brunei Starbucks
- Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byards Leap Parish Council
- Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre
- Cranwell HIVE
- RAF Cranwell Apprentices Association
- RAF Cranwell Golf Course
- Rauceby (North and South) Parish Council
- St. Andrew's Church, Cranwell
- St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Cranwell
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Electrical & Wireless School
- No 1 Officers Advanced Training School
- No 1 Radio School
- No 1 Signals School
- No 2 CFS
- No 2 FIS
- No 2 SoTT (Boys)
- No 3 FTS
- No 3 (Coastal) OTU
- No 6 Radio School
- No 7 AEF
- No 8 Radio School
- No 11 SFTS
- No 12 Group
- No 12 (Training) Group
- No 17 FTS
- No 17 SFTS
- No 19 FTS
- No 21 Gp Comm Flight
- No 21 (Training) Group
- No 26 (Signals) Group
- No 45 Sqn
- No 56 TDS
- No LVII Sqn
- No 57 TDS
- No 58 TDS
- No 59 Wing
- No 201 TDS
- No 202 TDS
- No 213 TDS
- No 674 Sqn AAC
- No 703 Sqn
- No 806 Defence Sqn
- Air Warfare School
- Aircrew Transit Unit
- Airship Pilots School
- Band of the RAF College
- Basic FTS
- Bourne Flying Group
- The Cadet College
- Central Flying School
- Cranwell GC
- East Midlands UAS
- Electrical & Wireless School
- Flying Training School
- HQ Air Cadets
- Navigator and Airman Aircrew School
- Officer and Aircrew Cadet Training Unit
- Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre
- Officers Advanced Training School
- RAF Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows)
- RAF (Cadet) College
- RAF College
- RAF College Air Sqn
- RAF College SFTS
- RAF Cranwell Flying Club
- RAF Disclosures
- RAF Flying Club Cranwell
- Recruiting and Selection
- Royal Auxiliary Air Force Band
- Seaplane Training Sqn
- Tedder Academy
- Wireless Operators School
A brochure for the sale of airfield buildings at Cranwell. Courtesy of Welbeck Estate Group
College Hall at Cranwell, 1 July 2007. © Richard Flagg
Barrack Block at Cranwell, 17 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Initial Officers Training Mess at Cranwell, 17 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Admiralty Type F Aircraft Shed at Cranwell, 17 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
An aircraft shed at Cranwell, 17 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Type C Aircraft Shed at Cranwell, 17 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Looking south west over Cranwell from the control tower, 17 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Looking north over Cranwell North, 27 November 2007. © Richard Flagg
The control tower at Cranwell, 17 September 2009. © Richard Flagg
Winston Churchill inspecting the RAF Cadet College at Cranwell, c. 1920-1921. Courtesy of British Pathé
Pass-out day at Cranwell, 1925. Courtesy of British Pathé
'Air Sense!', footage of Cranwell, 1931. Courtesy of British Pathé
Squadron Leader O R Gayford and Flight Lieutenant S E Nicholetts taking off from Cranwell to set the World Record long distance flight in their Fairey-Napier Long-range Monoplane, 1933. Courtesy of British Pathé
Footage of Cranwell, 1935. Courtesy of British Pathé
King George VI visits Cranwell, 1937. Courtesy of British Pathé
Plans of Cranwell, 1918. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
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| Relief Landing Ground(s): | Barkston Heath / Caistor / Coleby Grange / Digby / Folkingham / Fulbeck / Spitalgate / Swinderby / Syerston / Wellingore / Wigsley II |
| Decoy Airfield(s): |