RAF Brunton

{{Short description|Former military airfield in Northumberland, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox military installation

| name = RAF Brunton

| ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg

| ensign_size = 90px

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| location = Beadnell, Northumberland

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| country = England

| image = RAF Brunton wartime shelter.jpg

| alt = A brick and concrete structure, well-worn, standing on open grass by a concrete track or taxiway

| caption = Wartime shelter on the airfield

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| type = Royal Air Force satellite station

| coordinates = {{Coord|55|31|28|N|1|40|39|W|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Northumberland#UK

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Northumberland

| pushpin_label = RAF Brunton

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| ownership = Air Ministry

| operator = Royal Air Force

| controlledby = RAF Fighter Command
* No. 9 Group RAF
* No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=58}}

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| code = BN{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=58}}

| built = {{Start date|1941}}/42

| used = August 1942-{{End date|1945}}

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| battles = European theatre of World War II

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| elevation = {{Convert|24|m|0}}{{sfn|Falconer|2012|p=58}}

| r1-number = 02/20

| r1-length = {{Convert|1400|m|0}}

| r1-surface = Tarmac

| r2-number = 08/26

| r2-length = {{Convert|940|m|0}}

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| r3-number = 14/32

| r3-length = {{Convert|970|m|0}}

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__NOTOC__

Royal Air Force Brunton or more simply RAF Brunton is a former Royal Air Force satellite station in Northumberland, England, close to the hamlet of Brunton.

The following units were here at some point:{{cite web|url=http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/brunton/ |title=Brunton |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|accessdate=28 April 2020}}

Post-war

The field was used for civil aviation after the war{{Cite web |title=Steen Skybolt, G-BKXB, 17 May 1987 |url=https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/steen-skybolt-g-bkxb-17-may-1987 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} and by the Borders Parachute Centre until at least 2003,{{Cite web |last=Chronicle |first=Evening |date=2003-08-15 |title=Skydiver injured as he hits ground |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/skydiver-injured-hits-ground-1659130 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Chronicle Live |language=en}} but was sold and closed soon after that date;{{Cite web |title=Duke's sale shuts parachute centre. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Duke's+sale+shuts+parachute+centre.-a0106409573 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}} in a 2021 accident report it is referred to as a "disused airfield".{{Cite web |title=AAIB Record-only investigations reviewed: January – February 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-january-february-2022/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-january-february-2022 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}

References

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{{Reflist}}

=Bibliography=

  • {{cite book |last1=Falconer|first1=J|title=RAF Airfields of World War 2 |year=2012 |publisher= Ian Allan Publishing|location= UK|isbn=978-1-85780-349-5}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R|last2=Hamlin|first2=J|last3=Halley|first3=J|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units |year=1997 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-252-1}}

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{{Royal Air Force stations in Northumberland}}

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