Unit History: RAF Stoke Heath

RAF Stoke Heath


Added on 04/03/2010

30 MU was based here
291 MU was based at Roman Camp RAF Stoke Heath

Added on 16/08/2010

Stoke Heath was made up of a number of camps and working sites. Longford was a camp site which included Mess Room and NAAFI. Sutton was a camp site only and personnel used the longford Mess and NAAFI Facilities. Headquarters was situated on the edge of Ternhill Airfield along with work site A. B site was a vehicle repair site to which we travelled on what was known as the Burma Road from Longford Camp. B site is now a Prison. Other sites were Roman Camp and Buntingsdale, married quarters everyone posted to Stoke Heath was issued with a bycycle to travel around the area.

Memories of RAF Stoke Heath

(Memories written by members of Forces Reunited)

RAF Stoke Heath in 1953

Written by John Mochrie

I served here from 1953 to 1955 on my demob. Worked in the Station Orderly Room. We all had bycycles to ride from one site to the other. We were charged if we did not dismount at the road signs and follow the instructions! The camp was over a number of sites. The local town was Market Drayton which did not offer much so we went to the BIG town of Shrewsbury were we met some of the Army boys and often fights started up. Not much money as I earned about £1.25p a week. My trade so a typist but I was a male an no females on camp. Any body around still at that time in Stoke Heath?

RAF Stoke Heath in 2011

Written by stan howard 1956

I WORK IN OFFICERS MESS SGTS MESS ON LONGFORD CAMP ON THE BIKE BUSNESS IGOT 7 DAYS JANKERS FOR RIDING OVER STOP SIGN IREMMBER SGTS FOX POLICE BOSS
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