Middle Wallop
| Also known as: | AAC Middle Wallop / HMS Flycatcher / Middle Wallop Aerodrome / RAF Middle Wallop / RAF Station, Middle Wallop / RN Air Station, Middle Wallop / RNAS Middle Wallop / USAAF Station 449 |
| County: | Hampshire |
| Current Status: | Aviation / Museum |
| Date: | Opened 15 April 1940 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / FAA / AAC / RCAF / USAAF |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Army Air Corps Centre MAC
- Nether Wallop Parish Council
- Over Wallop Parish Council
- The Museum of Army Flying
- Tidworth HIVE
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Aircraft Delivery Flight
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No 1 Sqn RCAF
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No 2 (Training) Regiment AAC
- No 6 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
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No 7 (Training) Regiment AAC
- IX Sir Support Command
- IX Fighter Command
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No 15 SFTS
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No 16 Sqn
- XIX Air Support Command
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No 19 Sqn
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No 23 Sqn
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No 25 Flight AAC
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No 32 Sqn
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No 41 OTU
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No 56 Sqn
- No 62 Gp Comm Flight
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No 62 (Southern Reserve) Group
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No 63 Sqn
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67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
- No 80 Sqn
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No 93 Sqn
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No 121 Airfield
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No 125 Sqn
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No 151 Sqn
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No 164 Sqn
- No 165 Sqn
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No 169 Sqn
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No 182 Sqn
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No 227 OCU
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No 234 Sqn
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No 236 Sqn
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No 238 Sqn
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No 245 Sqn
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No 247 Sqn
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No 256 Sqn
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No 285 Sqn
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No 286 Sqn
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No 288 Sqn
- No 371 Repair & Salvage Unit
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No 400 Sqn
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No 406 Sqn
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No 414 Sqn
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No 418 Sqn
- No 420 Flight
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No 456 Sqn
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No 501 Sqn
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No 504 Sqn
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No 537 Sqn
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No 587 Sqn
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No 601 Sqn
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No 604 Sqn
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No 609 Sqn
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No 651 Sqn
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No 657 Sqn
- No 662 Sqn
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No 668 (Training) Sqn AAC
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No 670 Sqn AAC
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No 671 Sqn AAC
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No 673 Sqn AAC
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No 676 Sqn AAC
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No 700 Sqn
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No 841 Sqn
- No 1006 Servicing Wing
- No 1012 Servicing Wing
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No 1458 (Fighter) Flight
- No 1900 AOP Flight
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No 1901 AOP Flight
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No 1906 (Helicopter) Flight
- No 1915 High Liaison Flight
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No 1962 Reserve AOP Flight
- No 2749 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2750 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2770 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2775 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2811 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2813 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2848 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2879 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3501 Servicing Unit
- No 4079 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- The Air Observation Post School
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Army Aviation Centre
- Army Flying Association
- Central Flying School Helicopter Development Flight
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Fighter Command Control & Reporting School
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Fighter Experimental Establishment
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HQ Southern Sector
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Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit
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Light Aircraft School
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Royal Artillery Aero Club
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School of Army Aviation
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School of Fighter Plotting
- Station Flight, Middle Wallop
A hangar at Middle Wallop, 29 August 2008.
The control tower at Middle Wallop, 29 August 2008.
A Westland WAH-64D Longbow Apache at Middle Wallop, 2 March 2011. © Richard Flagg
Two Westland WAH-64D Longbow Apaches at Middle Wallop, 2 March 2011. © Richard Flagg
A Westland Lynx at Middle Wallop, 2 March 2011. © Richard Flagg
Footage of Middle Wallop, 1946. Courtesy of British Pathé
Army Air Corps Air Show at Middle Wallop, 1965. Courtesy of British Pathé
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