# RAF Chipping Norton

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**Royal Air Force Chipping Norton** or more simply **RAF Chipping Norton** is a former [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) [satellite station](/source/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations) located near [Chipping Norton](/source/Chipping_Norton,_Oxfordshire), [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire), [England](/source/England). It was operational from 10 July 1940 to 1945 and returned to agricultural use when disposed of in 1953.

## History

The following units were posted to this airfield at some point:

- [No. 3 Maintenance Unit RAF](/source/No._3_Maintenance_Unit_RAF).[1]
- [No. 6 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF](/source/No._6_(Pilots)_Advanced_Flying_Unit_RAF) renamed [No. 6 Service Flying Training School RAF](/source/No._6_Service_Flying_Training_School_RAF).[1]
- [No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF](/source/No._11_Service_Flying_Training_School_RAF).[1]
- [No. 15 Service Flying Training School RAF](/source/No._15_Service_Flying_Training_School_RAF).[1]
- [No. 1517 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF](/source/No._1517_(Beam_Approach_Training)_Flight_RAF).[1]

[Airspeed Oxfords](/source/Airspeed_Oxford) and [North American Harvard](/source/North_American_T-6_Texan) I's flew from this airfield.[2]

The station was bombed on two occasions in October and November 1940. Little damage was done and on the second attempt the Luftwaffe missed the airfield by about a mile to the East.

## Current use

The site is currently farmland, partly owned by [Jeremy Clarkson](/source/Jeremy_Clarkson) and used for his show, [Clarkson's Farm](/source/Clarkson's_Farm). Part of the site is used for airsoft.

## See also

- [List of former Royal Air Force stations](/source/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations)

## References

1. ["Chipping Norton"](http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/chipping-norton). [Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust](/source/Airfields_of_Britain_Conservation_Trust). Retrieved 21 November 2014.

1. ["RAF Chipping Norton airfield"](http://controltowers.co.uk/C/Chipping_Norton.htm). Control Towers. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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