Royal Air Force Woolsington, or more simply RAF Woolsington, was a civilian airfield that was taken over by the RAF in 1939. It was returned to civilian use in 1946 and is now Newcastle International Airport.
RAF Woolsington opened as a civil airport in July 1935 with a small scale military involvement from the start. An airfield close to Newcastle had first been proposed by the Air Ministry in 1929 and in 1933 suitable sites were being assessed for a runway with Town Moor also being considered. The whole of the site was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force in 1939 on the outbreak of World War II, however, 13 Group Communications Flight had been in existence at Woolsington for a month when war was declared. 43 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School was formed in June 1939 and was disbanded just three months later in September 1939.
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