RAF Cottesmore

RAF Cottesmore
RAF Cottesmore
Near Cottesmore, Rutland in England
	A Panavia Tornado GR1 of the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment.
	We Rise to Our Obstacles
	RAF Cottesmore Location within Rutland
Coordinates	52°43′46″N 000°39′05″W / 52.72944°N 0.65139°W
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	CT
Area	379 hectares
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force (1938–1942 and 1945–2012); United States Army Air Forces (1943–1945)
Controlled by	RAF Bomber Command; * No. 5 Group RAF; * No. 6 (T) Group RAF; * No. 92 (OTU) Group RAF
Condition	Closed
Site history
Built	1936
Built by	George Wimpey & Co Ltd
In use	1938–2012
Fate	Transferred to the British Army and became Kendrew Barracks.
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II; Cold War
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: OKH, ICAO: EGXJ, WMO: 03453
Elevation	141 metres (463 ft) AMSL
Runways
04/22	2,744 metres (9,003 ft) Asphalt
00/00 (WW2)	Concrete
00/00 (WW2)	Concrete
00/00 (WW2)	Concrete

Royal Air Force Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. On 15 December 2009, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth announced that the station would close in 2013 as part of defence spending cuts, along with the retirement of the Harrier GR9 and the disbandment of Joint Force Harrier.^[4] The formal closing ceremony took place on 31 March 2011, and the airfield became a satellite of RAF Wittering until March 2012.^[5]

In July 2011 Defence Secretary Liam Fox announced plans for it to be the airfield for one of five of the Army's Multi-Role Brigades. In April 2012 it was renamed Kendrew Barracks after Major General Sir Douglas Kendrew.^[6]

^ Pine, L. G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 264. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ ^a ^b Falconer 2012, p. 71.
^ "Defence Estates Development Plan (DEDP) 2009 – Annex A" (PDF). GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. 19. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "Harrier jets take off on retirement". London Evening Standard. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ "Last parade as RAF base shuts". This is Leicestershire. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ "Cottesmore Army base named as Kendrew Barracks" Stamford Mercury, 23 April 2012

[PINE-1] Pine, L. G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 264. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[FOOTNOTEFalconer201271-2] Falconer 2012, p. 71.

[3] "Defence Estates Development Plan (DEDP) 2009 – Annex A" (PDF). GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. 19. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[4] "Harrier jets take off on retirement". London Evening Standard. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

[5] "Last parade as RAF base shuts". This is Leicestershire. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

[6] "Cottesmore Army base named as Kendrew Barracks" Stamford Mercury, 23 April 2012

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