RAF Usworth

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RAF Usworth was a Royal Air Force station in northeast England that served as a fighter base during the Battle of Britain in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
aircraftOperated Boulton Paul Defiant ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
airDefenceSector northeast England sector ⓘ
airfieldType grass airfield (originally) ⓘ
branch Royal Air Force ⓘ
closureReason postwar reorganisation of RAF airfields ⓘ
conflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
controlledBy No. 13 Group RAF ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eraOfSignificance 1939–1945 ⓘ
garrison Royal Air Force ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Usworth Aerodrome ⓘ
hasHeritage Battle of Britain fighter station ⓘ
hasICAOCode EGNT (later Newcastle Airport site area) ⓘ
linked to: Newcastle Airport
laterUse civil airport ⓘ
locatedIn Usworth ⓘ
locatedInArea northeast England ⓘ
locatedInRegion County Durham ⓘ
Tyne and Wear ⓘ
locatedNear Washington, Tyne and Wear ⓘ
militaryBranchRole home defence airfield ⓘ
nearCity Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
Sunderland ⓘ
notableFor fighter operations during the Battle of Britain ⓘ
notableUnitStationed No. 607 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 72 Squadron RAF ⓘ
opened 1916 ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf RAF Fighter Command ⓘ
postwarUse civil aviation ⓘ
training and auxiliary flying ⓘ
primaryMissionWWII air defence ⓘ
regionDefended Tyneside ⓘ
northeast England industrial areas ⓘ
roleDuringBattleOfBritain fighter base defending northeast England ⓘ
runwaySurface grass (wartime) ⓘ
secondaryMissionWWII training ⓘ
status closed as RAF station ⓘ
successorFacility Newcastle Airport ⓘ
use fighter station ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
usedDuringPeriod First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

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