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RAF Andover
Andover, Hampshire in England
Aerial photograph of RAF Andover oriented north, 16 January 1947
Site information
Type	Royal Air Force station
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Flying Corps Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps Royal Air Force Air Transport Auxiliary United States Army Air Forces Army Air Corps Royal Canadian Air Force
Controlled by	Air Defence of Great Britain RAF Fighter Command *No. 22 (AC) Group RAF RAF Maintenance Command RAF Army Cooperation Command RAF Support Command
Location
RAF Andover Shown within Hampshire
Coordinates	51°12′31″N001°31′31″W / 51.20861°N 1.52528°W /51.20861; -1.52528
Site history
Built	1917 (1917)
In use	August 1917-1977 (1977)
Battles/wars	First World War European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: ADV,ICAO: EGWA
Elevation	79 metres (259 ft)[1]AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/30  Asphalt

RAF Andover (IATA:ADV,ICAO:EGWA) is a formerRoyal Flying Corps andRoyal Air Force station in England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west ofAndover, Hampshire. As well as RFC and RAF units, units of theAviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps,Royal Canadian Air Force,United States Army Air Forces, and theAir Transport Auxiliary were also stationed at the airfield.

The airfield has a notable place in history as the site of the first attempt to develop a viable long-range electronic navigation system, during theFirst World War, and also of the first British militaryhelicopter unit and first European helicopter flying training school, during theSecond World War.

RAF Andover was also used before and after the Second World War for a variety of other aeronautical research and flight testing. TheRAF Staff College, Andover was founded here in 1922, the first college to train officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspects of running an air force.

RAF Andover saw action during the Second World War. Corporal Josephine Robins, one of only six members of theWAAF to win theMilitary Medal during the War, won her award for courage while rescuing people during an air-raid on the airfield in theBattle of Britain. Three squadrons of theRoyal Canadian Air Force were formed at RAF Andover. Before and during theBattle of Normandy, it was used by theUnited States Army Air ForcesNinth Air Force as an operational tactical fighter airfield.

The RAF station closed in 1977 and the site was later redeveloped. In 2009 part of it becameMarlborough Lines, home to theHeadquarters of the British Army.

The earliest known human activity on the site of Andover Airfield took place in theBronze Age, according toarchaeological evidence, which has uncovered significantIron Age and later activity, includingAnglo-Saxon andmedieval cemeteries. Military activity began with the construction during or shortly after 43AD of thePortway (called hereMonxton Road), aRoman road fromSilchester (Calleva Atrebatum) toOld Sarum (Sorbiodunum), which just north of the airfield meets at East Anton crossroads theIcknield Way, the Roman road fromWinchester (Venta Belgarum) toMildenhall (Cunetio).^[2] The Andover sections of these roads were constructed by theLegio II Augusta.

Very close to the site which became the airfield, in 1910 theBritish Army airship Beta made a forced landing at Little Park inAnna Valley.^[3]

TheRoyal Flying Corps (RFC) opened a station near Andover in August 1917 during theFirst World War. The station was mainly built by Germanprisoners of war, some of whom left their signatures in roof spaces of buildings on the station.

Plans for an RFC "Training Depot Station" on the site had first been made in 1912. The station motto wasVis et armis consilioque orta (Latin:With determination and equipment, I take counsel to rise up), reflecting the station's role in training aircrews, who had completed basic flying training, to learn to fly theHandley Page Type O andAirco DH.9 bombers. The first unit to occupy the station was No. 2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping, which took up residence while the station was still under construction.

Amongst squadrons formed at Andover was106 Squadron, on 30 September 1917, who were equipped withRoyal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 reconnaissance aircraft forarmy co-operation duties, being posted to Ireland in May 1918.

American squadrons were also based at the airfield, as from 24 December 1917 to 6 June 1918 Andover was host to a detachments of the13th Aero Squadron and104th Aero Squadron^[4] of theAviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.

In early 1918, experiments were conducted with Handley Page Type O bombers, based at Andover andCranwell, fitted with Radio Direction-Finding (RDF as it was called) equipment for night flying. The intention was to guide British bombers to and from Berlin,^[5] and early results led to 550 sets of RDF equipment being ordered by theUnited States Army Air Service,^[6] but the war ended before any operational use was made of the system. This was the first attempt to develop a long-range electronic navigation system, of a kind that is today used routinely worldwide.

When the RAF Station closed in 1977 a number of artefacts from the airfield's early history and later were donated to 1213 (Andover) SquadronAir Training Corps. These included a large carved wooden copy of theRFC cap badge which was later donated to theArmy Flying Museum and is now on display in its café.

Between the wars, the airfield housed a number of RAF units, including from 1919 the RAF School of Navigation, as No. 2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping was retitled. TheRAF Staff College was founded here on 1 April 1922, to provide staff training to selected officers, and eventually moved toBracknell in 1970.

A still preserved^[7] reminder of theRAF Staff College on the former airfield is a headstone from 1926 on the North Site marking the grave ofJane. She was a dog belonging to the first CommandantRobert Brooke-Popham.^[8]

The formation of theRoyal Air Forces Association followed a conversation in 1929 in the Sergeants' Mess of RAF Andover.^[9]

RAF Andover continued to be used for a variety of aeronautical research and flight testing. As part of this, several experimental military aircraft made their first flights from the airfield. Amongst them were theWestland Yeovil; theWestland Witch; theWestland F.7/30; and all of theWestland-Hill Pterodactyl series of experimentalflying wing aircraft.

Two experimental bomber squadrons were based at RAF Andover in the late 1920s and early 1930s,No. 12 Squadron RAF andNo. 101 Squadron RAF.No. 13 Squadron was also based here for five years between 1924 and 1929, operatingArmstrong Whitworth Atlas aircraft.

No. 12 squadron operatedFairey Fawn light bombers from March 1924, and later theFairey Fox bomber, which was significantly faster than its contemporaries. To this day, 12 Squadron's unit motto 'Leads the Field' and crest commemorates their time at RAF Andover by depicting the head of a fox. The Fairey Fox was the first all-metal aircraft in operational service, and 12 Squadron was the only squadron to operate it. The aircraft was a private venture byFairey, which had been demonstrated to the Squadron secretly during an 'At Home' at RAF Andover in 1925, when the Fox appeared in Royal Air Force markings and 12 Squadron colours. During theAir Defence of Great Britain exercise in 1928, the Squadron was tasked with the simulated bombing of London. To commemorate 12 Squadron's success in the exercise, the Commander in Chief of the Royal Air Force chose a fox's face as the Squadron emblem.

A typical annual training programme for 12 Squadron consisted of individual training in the autumn, working up to Squadron training in the summer consisting of bombing, formation flying, navigation exercises and gunnery. Experimental trials carried out included some limited night flying and the introduction into service and testing of parachutes for aircrew. This involved a number of practice jumps being performed by observers, who would climb out of the aircraft onto a small ladder and await a signal from the pilot as the aircraft flew over the airfield at 2000 ft. 12 Squadron was also tasked with further trials work, experimenting with oxygen systems, high altitude photography, and low temperature trials work, particularly in respect to lubricants. In addition, cloud flying in formation and pattern bombing techniques were tested.

The Foxes were replaced in January 1931 with theHawker Hart, after which much work was put into formation flying in cloud, instrument flying, pattern bombing and aircraft icing trials. The purpose of these trials was to enable Royal Air Force aircraft to bomb an enemy ship successfully, regardless of weather. To this end, 12 Squadron dropped several practice bombs on an obsolete battleship,HMSCenturion, which was a radio-controlled target off the south coast. On 6 July 1935,King George V performed the first Royal Review of the Royal Air Force, in which 12(B) Squadron led the Light Bomber Wingflypast atRAF Mildenhall. Andover was considered as one of the locations for the Royal Review before Mildenhall was chosen.^[10]

Several home-based squadrons, including 12 Squadron, were re-deployed in October 1935 to the Middle East and Aden in preparation for action being taken by theLeague of Nations against Italy for invadingAbyssinia. 12 Squadron returned to Andover in August 1936, and on its return took delivery of theHawker Hind. In 1936, 12 Squadron, with44 and142 Squadrons also stationed at Andover, played host to a visit byGeneralfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg when he was the GermanMinister of War.^[11] It was also around this time that the majority of B Flight were taken to form the nucleus of the newly formedNo. 63 Squadron. In February 1938, the Squadron was re-equipped withFairey Battles, the squadron leaving RAF Andover in May 1939.

In October 1929No. 101 Squadron, the second experimental bomber squadron, was also posted to RAF Andover, to enable itsBoulton-Paul Sidestrand bombers to work alongside 12 Squadron with its Fairey Fox light bombers. The high performance of the Sidestrand impressed crowds at theHendon Air Pageants, where it flew mock combat aerobatics with the fighters of the day. 101 Squadron Sidestrands won a number of bombing and reconnaissance competitions and carried out trial anti-shipping strikes againstRoyal Navy battleships. In December 1934 the squadron left Andover.

At the start of theSecond World War, RAF Andover was home to59 Squadron flyingBristol Blenheim bombers, and to the headquarters ofRAF Maintenance Command.^[12]

59 Squadron deployed from Andover in October 1939 toPoix-de-Picardie inFrance, returning to Andover in May 1940^[13] after theBattle of France ended in defeat.French Air Force aircraft and crews going into exile to continue fighting were on arrival initially directed to Andover.^[14]

Andover was later also used by several operational flying training units^[12] and as an operational fighter station by theUnited States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

From 1937,^[15] Andover was given thePundit CodeAV. The codeAV was broadcast inmorse code by a mobile red light beacon at night, during the latter part of the Second World War. The code was also painted on the airfieldhangar nearest to thecontrol tower, and remained visible until the hangars were demolished in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

While Andover was an operationalUSAAF station, it was designated Station 406.^[16]

TheAir Transport Auxiliary's (ATA) Central Ferry Control was also based at RAF Andover. A civilian organisation that – unusually for the time – had female pilots, the ATA ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, Maintenance Units, scrapyards, and active service squadrons and airfields. Central Ferry Control allocated the required flights to all ATA Ferry Pools.^[17]

RAF Andover was one of four airfields in Hampshire to be given adecoy site in 1940, to deceive enemy aircraft into attacking a spurious target. Andover had two decoy sites, the first being atHurstbourne Tarrant, a type 'Q' decoy site (Q70b) with fake aircraft and buildings^[18] in use from 1940 to October 1944.^[19] From September 1940, fake machine gun posts were added there. Andover's second decoy site, Q70a in use from July 1940 to July 1941,^[20] was atThruxton but its exact location is unknown.^[18]

RAF Andover was attacked twice by theLuftwaffe during theBattle of Britain. At 1700 hours on 13 August 1940, approximately 12 high explosive bombs were dropped byJunkers Ju 88s of III Staffel,Lehrgeschwader 1, ofLuftflotte 3, fromChâteaudun in France. The Station Headquarters and officer's quarters were extensively damaged. One aircraft on the station was also damaged. Casulaties were two killed including Squadron Leader Louis de Lorme Leder^[21] who is buried in Holy Trnity Church,Penton Mewsey.^[22]

The following day, 14 August 1940, Andover was attacked again, about 15 high explosive bombs being dropped which destroyed a transmitting set in the centre of a group of radio masts. Casualties were two killed: Aircraftsman 1st Class Alfred Warner Clarke^[23][24] who is buried in Andover Cemetery;^[25] and civilian radio operator Herbert Gill Read^[26]

Corporal Josephine Robins, aWomen's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) telephone operator at RAF Andover was awarded theMilitary Medal for her courage during these raids. The citation for the award, printed inThe London Gazette of 20 December 1940, stated that: "Corporal Robins was in a dug-out which received a direct hit during an intense enemy bombing raid. A number of men were killed and two seriously injured. Though dust and fumes filled the shelter, Corporal Robins immediately went to the assistance of the wounded and rendered first aid. While they were being removed from the demolished dug-out, she fetched a stretcher and stayed with the wounded until they were evacuated. She displayed courage and coolness of a very high order in a position of extreme danger".^[27] Corporal Robins' Military Medal was one of only six such awards of this medal made to members of the WAAF in the entire Second World War.

It was thought at the time that these air raids were attempts to attack the important11 GroupFighter Command Sector Station nearby atRAF Middle Wallop, but German records make it clear that RAF Andover was the intended target, as theLuftwaffe thought wrongly that it was an operational bomber station.^[28] In 1941 RAF Andover was attacked twice, causing heavy damage to one hangar, which had to be demolished.

In June 1941, No. 2 School of Army Co-operation at Andover was re-designated asNo. 6 Operational Training Unit (OTU). It was equipped withBristol Blenheims and operated within No. 17 Group,Coastal Command. Its task was to re-trainWestland Lysander pilots onto Bristol Blenheim Mk. Vs in the ground attack role, to serve primarily in the Middle East and Far East. No 6 OTU was absorbed into No. 42 OTU on 18 July 1941, moving toRAF Ashbourne in October 1942.

TheMaintenance Command Communications Squadron from 1942 used threeMesserschmitt Bf 108 Taifuns,^[29] known in RAF service as the Aldon. Two were impressed from pre-war British civilian owners,^[30] and one was taken over from the German Embassy when war was declared.^[31] Writing from RAF records over 50 years later, Lake indicates that the squadron was established on 1 May 1944; and then reduced to flight status on 1 August 1949, remaining at Andover througohut.

From February through July 1944, Andover was used by fighter squadrons (the 401st, 402nd, and 485th squadrons of the370th Fighter Group) of the71st Fighter Wing of theNinth Air Force of theUnited States Army Air Forces, flyingLockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft. Flying from RAF Andover, the 370th dive-bombed radar installations and flak towers, and escorted bombers that attacked bridges and marshalling yards in France as the Allies prepared for theinvasion of the Continent. The 370th also provided cover for Allied forces that crossed theEnglish Channel onD-Day and flew armed reconnaissance missions over theCotentin Peninsula until the end of the month. The 370th Fighter Group moved to theirAdvanced Landing Ground (ALG) atCardonville, France (ALG A-3) on 20 July. The USAAF lost a total of 31 P-38s from Andover before the move to France.

ThreeCanadian Army air observation post (AOP) squadrons of theRoyal Canadian Air Force –No. 664 Squadron RCAF,No. 665 Squadron RCAF, andNo. 666 Squadron RCAF – were formed at RAF Andover between 9 December 1944 and 5 March 1945, equipped withAuster Mark IV and V aircraft. The pilots and observers were officers recruited from theRoyal Canadian Artillery and O.R.s from the Royal Canadian Artillery andRoyal Canadian Air Force. The pilots were trained to flyde Havilland Tiger Moth aircraft atNo. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (Cambridge); thereafter, successful candidates were further trained atNo. 43 Operational Training Unit, theAir Observation Post School based at RAF Andover which was dedicated to training British and Commonwealth AOP flight-crews.

Lieutenant-Colonel Terry Willett,Royal Artillery, commanded No. 43 OTU at RAF Andover as the first officer to command the AOP training organisation.^[32] Among the Canadian students trained by No. 43 Operational Training Unit at RAF Andover for No. 666 Squadron RCAF wasCaptain James Doohan, who later achieved fame as an actor playingStar Trek's Chief EngineerLieutenant Commander Scott. While under training he flew an Auster Mark IV between two telegraph poles onSalisbury Plain, to prove it could be done.^[33]

British Army AOP training at RAF Andover, with Auster Mark V aircraft, continued until at least 1949. One of the three squadrons was re-established after the war as665 Squadron,Army Air Corps, based in Northern Ireland.

RAF Andover has a unique place in British history: the first British military unit to be equipped withhelicopters, theHelicopter Training Flight, was formed in January 1945 as part of 43 OTU^[34] under the command of Squadron Leader B. H. Arkell. This was also the first European helicopter flying-training school, although the first European military unit formed solely with helicopters was theLuftwaffe'sTransportstaffel 40 in 1944. TheHelicopter Training Flight was equipped with nineSikorsky R-4B Hoverfly I helicopters, and trained 100 British Army pilots for AOP duties,^[35] as well as pilots for the first RAF squadron to be equipped with helicopters,526 Squadron, which carried our radar calibration duties.

Post-war, RAF Andover continued to be used forhelicopter flying training and operational research, C Flight of657 Squadron,Army Air Corps, being renamed1901 (Air Observation Post) Flight in February 1947.^[36] The Flight used sixSikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II (an improved version of theHoverfly I) helicopters, andAuster AOP.6 aircraft to trainBritish Army andRoyal Air Force pilots and carry out operational trials.^[37] The Hoverfly IIs had little effective operational capability, but gave the Army valuable experience in the helicopter's potential use. In addition to artillery direction, the Flight's experimental activities included photography, radar trials, air/ground communications, and fighter evasion. In January 1948, the Flight moved toMiddle Wallop.

The Maintenance Command Communication Squadron, which had been briefly reformed, was finally disbanded for the last time in August 1949.^[38][39]

On 14 September 1955, RAF Andover was honoured with thefreedom of theBorough ofAndover.No. 12 Squadron RAF took part in the ceremony with a flypast of itsEnglish Electric Canberra B Mk. 6 bombers, to mark the Squadron's pre-war association with RAF Andover.

Andover continued its association with pioneering the use of helicopters in Britain when theJoint Experimental Helicopter Unit,^[40] a jointRoyal NavyFleet Air Arm,Army Air Corps andRoyal Air Force unit exploring operational helicopter roles, was based at the station from 1958 to 1959. The unit usedWestland Whirlwind helicopters and was disbanded at the end of 1959 to formNo. 225 Squadron RAF.^[41]

The station's association with aviation research continued, as trials of theHawker P.1127, theHawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA 1 (both experimental vertical take-off aircraft), and theHawker Siddeley Harrier partially took place on the station. The Harrier was the developed form of the P.1127 and Kestrel, and was the world's first operationalvertical/short take-off and landing aircraft.

Trials of theHawker Siddeley Andover (the second RAF aircraft of that name) were also partially carried out at RAF Andover. In commemoration of this,Hawker Siddeley presented theBorough ofAndover with a framed photo of the aircraft, and the type was also named after the town. The Andover's main role in RAF service wastactical transport, for which its unique ability to "kneel" – to allow vehicle entry at a shallow angle via a rear ramp – was an asset. Other roles included aero-medical evacuation,STOL, and parachute and 1 ton container drops. The Andover could also be fitted with long-range ferry tanks, which enabled the short-range Andover to fly long distances, such as across theAtlantic Ocean. Andovers were still in RAF service for thephoto reconnaissance role under theOpen Skies Treaty and for use by theEmpire Test Pilots' School until 2012.

RAF Andover was throughout the post-1945 period the home of a number of communications squadrons, the last one of which was No. 21 Squadron RAF, which usedde Havilland Devon andPercival Pembroke aircraft. The squadron had been re-formed on 3 February 1969, when theWestern Communication Squadron RAF was re-designated at RAF Andover. It provided transport for senior officers in the western part of the United Kingdom and was disbanded following defence cuts on 31 March 1976.

Just before the RAF station closed in 1977, 1213 (Andover) SquadronAir Training Corps moved into the building^[42] which had been used as Station Headquarters.^[43]

The RAF station was closed on 10 June 1977 and the airfield was handed over to theBritish Army. It was used byArmy Air Corps units based atMiddle Wallop, as well as Defence Equipment & Support (formed by the merger of theDefence Procurement Agency(DPA) and theDefence Logistics Organisation (DLO)). The last RAF personnel working in these units left in November 2009, and the occasion was marked by anRAF Farewell to Andover event and flypast including an RAFHawker Siddeley Andover on 15 September (Battle of Britain Day) 2009.^[44]

The former airfield site retains an RAF link through the presence of 1213 (Andover) Squadron,^[45][46]Air Training Corps. Sometime after 1967 the Squadron was issued with aPercival Pembroke with theserial number WV742, maintenance number 8111M, for instructional use.^[47] This was around 1978 sold to a film company and transported toIlkley Moor inYorkshire for use in the TV seriesThe Sandbaggers.^[48] A former cadet of the Squadron, Lieutenant-Commander Gordon Batt, DSC, of800 Naval Air SquadronFleet Air Arm, was killed in action during theFalklands War in 1982.^[49]

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The following units were also here at some point:^[50]

TheRAF Staff College was founded at RAF Andover on 1 April 1922, to provide staff training to selected officers, usually ofFlight Lieutenant orSquadron Leader rank to enable them to undertake staff officer duties at the Air Ministry, and Command or Group HQs. It was closed on the day that Britain declared war, 3 September 1939. But in November 1939, shortened courses were restarted until the college was placed under Care and Maintenance on 28 May 1940. The Staff College re-opened atBulstrode Park in December 1941, the college returning to Andover in 1948. It was raised to Group status withinTraining Command on 1 June 1968 and eventually moved toBracknell in 1970.

Andover Road on the site of the formerRAF Changi inSingapore is named after RAF Andover.^[71]

Museums preserve a number of aircraft which were based at RAF Andover during their service lives. TheRoyal Air Force Museum London preserves aSikorsky R-4B Hoverfly I,^[72] aAvro Anson C. 19;,^[73] aDe Havilland Devon C. 2,^[74] and aPercival Pembroke C. 1.^[75]

TheYorkshire Air Museum preserves aDe Havilland Devon C. 2.^[76]

One of theMaintenance Command Communications SquadronMesserschmitt Bf 108 Taifuns, known in RAF service as the Aldon, is displayed by theAirbus Defence and Space Flugmuseum Messerschmitt inManching.^[77] This example was originally owned by theGerman Embassy in London and had the RAFserial number AW167 before being sold to a Swiss owner who registered it as HB-ESM,^[31] before the Flugmuseum Messerchmitt acquired it as D-ESBH.

Two of RAF Andover's formergate guardians have been preserved. ThePotteries Museum & Art Gallery inHanley, Staffordshire preserves RAF Andover's formergate guardian in 1952^[78] and 1963 to 1967,^[79][80] aSupermarine Spitfire LF Mk. XVIE with theserial number RW388. The RAF Museum preserves RAF Andover's former 1957 to 1962gate guardian,^[81] aSupermarine Spitfire PR Mk. XIX with theserial number PM651.

TwoLuftwaffe aircraft captured in 1945 were displayed at RAF Andover and are now preserved in theRoyal Air Force Museum Midlands. AMesserschmitt Bf 110 G-4night fighter was displayed at RAF Andover from 1949 to 1957,^[82] and aJunkers Ju 87 G-2, was displayed at RAF Andover in 1954.^[83]

When theA303 trunk road was straightened to bypassWeyhill to the south, its new route crossed the northern perimeter of the former airfield.^[84] In 2013 a solar farm was completed on the remainder of the site, south of the A303.^[85]

In 2007, the site of Andover Airfield became the focus of local controversy when developers submitted a planning proposal to build a large distribution centre for theTesco supermarket company.^[86] According to the proposal, the main building would have been more than 85,000 sq metres (21 acres), which would make it one of the biggest buildings in Europe.^[87] Approval was granted in 2008 but the developer failed to reach agreement with Tesco;^[88] a regional distribution centre for theCo-op Group was built instead,^[89] and the rest of the site became a business park.^[90]

To mark the closure of the airfield for the redevelopment a sculpture by Chris Brammall, entitled Flight and Navigation, was unveiled on 6 October 2014. It features aircraft that flew from the airfield, and was unveiled with the last RAF flag to fly from the airfield when it was an RAF station. The flag had been kept by local Councillor Ian Carr, who was a navigator withNo. 21 Squadron RAF flyingde Havilland Devons from the airfield.^[91]

From November 2009, a site on the former airfield was named Marlborough Lines and subsequently became home to theArmy Headquarters.^[92]

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