316 Squadron

My mission is to visit the RAF stations used by the No. 316 (Warszawski) Squadron RAF during WWII.
I would be interested in finding out what has happened to the bases since the war and how many of them are still used for flying. I have checked the base locations on Google Earth. Some are still clearly visible and some are not.

The badge with the TB is the Squadron Badge of No 316 (Leigh) Squadron, Air Training Corps (an organisation connected to the RAF which gives young people opportunities to fly, glide and get involved in lots of other activities), which contains the Polish emblem of the wartime 316.

There were some (~10) tin badges included with the TB when it was was first released. Please take one when you pass on the TB.

If the bug gets around all twelve locations, we'll try to take some of the Leigh air cadets to retrieve it.

Listed below are the bases used By No. 316 (Warszawski) Squadron RAF during WWII.
The data supplied is:
Base Name
County
Date first deployed there
Co-ords
Notes

RAF official history:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h316.html

Pembrey
Camarthenshire
15/02/41
51°42'25.71"N 4°18'49.48"W

Colerne
Wiltshire
18/06/41
51°26'28.81"N 2°16'59.85"W
Visited 6-Oct-07 - thank you HideItSeekIt

Church Stanton
Somerset
02/08/41
50°55'46.07"N 3° 7'38.32"W
Visited 17-May-07 - thank you dmlg


Northolt
Middlesex
13/12/41
51°33'12.12"N 0°25'3.52"W
Visited 21-Apr-07 - thank you Purple_pineapple

Heston
Middlesex
23/04/42
51°29'4.58"N 0°21'44.99"W
Visited Dec-06 - thank you Purple_pineapple

Hutton Cranswick
Yorkshire
30/07/42
53°57'8.60"N 0°26'57.06"W
Airfield no longer discernable on Google Earth

Acklington
Northumberland
22/09/43
55°18'27.53"N 1°38'18.34"W
Airfield no longer discernable on Google Earth

Woodvale
Lancashire
15/02/44
53°34'53.49"N 3° 3'21.46"W
Active RAF base - I flew here when I was an Air Cadet in the 1980s!
Visited 9-Dec-06 - thank you Team Shadow Walker

Coltishall
Norfolk
28/04/44
52°45'17.44"N 1°21'23.84"E
Was an Active RAF base… Saw a TV show of it closing.

West Malling
Kent
04/07/44
51°16'25.53"N 0°24'21.83"E
Airfield no longer discernable on Google Earth

Friston
Sussex
11/07/44
50°45'21.44"N 0°11'50.73"E
Airfield no longer discernable on Google Earth

Andrew's Field
Essex
24/10/44
51°53'44.41"N 0°27'24.56"E
Airfield no longer discernable on Google Earth