RAF Baginton Coventry Airfield

1935, Planned as a Civil Airport for Coventry, to be sited alongside the Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft factory which built Whitley bombers from 1937 to 6/43. Built Lancasters (later Lincolns) 8/42 to /48. AW also used manufacturing and airfield runways at Bitteswell. Post war manufactured Meteor, Sea Hawk, Hunters and Argosy aircraft, factory closed 7/65.
9/39 to , No 1 Camouflage Unit formed here.
9/40 to 8/41, No 9 Fighter Group HQ formed here with 308 (Polish) Sqn Hurricanes from Speke. Converted to Spitfires before move to Chilbolton 5/41.
3/41 to 5/41, 403 Sqn formed here with Tomahawks, moved to Ternhill.
6/41 to 41, 79, 135, 457 and 605 Sqns here at various times.
Airfield used post war by many civil operators, now home to Air Atlantique and the Midland Air Museum.

Baginton - Coventry airfield
Airfield Today:		Coventry Airport
Tower Type:		Pre war air traffic control building
Tower:		Demolished 1996
Other Buildings:		Not known
History:		1935, Planned as a Civil Airport for Coventry, to be sited alongside the Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft factory which built Whitley bombers from 1937 to 6/43. Built Lancasters (later Lincolns) 8/42 to /48. AW also used manufacturing and airfield runways at Bitteswell. Post war manufactured Meteor, Sea Hawk, Hunters and Argosy aircraft, factory closed 7/65. 9/39 to , No 1 Camouflage Unit formed here. 9/40 to 8/41, No 9 Fighter Group HQ formed here with 308 (Polish) Sqn Hurricanes from Speke. Converted to Spitfires before move to Chilbolton 5/41. 3/41 to 5/41, 403 Sqn formed here with Tomahawks, moved to Ternhill. 6/41 to 41, 79, 135, 457 and 605 Sqns here at various times. Airfield used post war by many civil operators, now home to Air Atlantique and the Midland Air Museum.

RAF Station
Airfield:		Operational fighter
Opened:		/35
Closed:		N/A
ID Code:		NG
USAAF Station:		N/A
Runways:		Grass, 1960 single mile long runway,
Hangars:		2- Bellman
County:		Warwickshire
Location:		3 miles SE of Coventry
OS Ref:		SP346748
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