RAF Heston

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/RAF_Heston

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:closed	1947
gptkbp:demolished	1960s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	RAF Heston
gptkbp:ICAO_code	gptkb:EGHS
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Heston,_Middlesex,_England
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim gptkb:Vickers_Wellington gptkb:Curtiss_Tomahawk gptkb:aircraft gptkb:De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth gptkb:North_American_Mustang gptkb:Fairey_Battle gptkb:Gloster_Gladiator gptkb:Airspeed_Oxford gptkb:Boulton_Paul_Defiant gptkb:Douglas_Dakota gptkb:Miles_Magister gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson gptkb:Westland_Whirlwind gptkb:Hawker_Hurricane gptkb:Avro_Anson gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter gptkb:Westland_Lysander
gptkbp:notableEvent	Winston Churchill departed from Heston for wartime conferences Departure point for Neville Chamberlain's 1938 flight to Munich
gptkbp:opened	1917
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:runwaySurface	gptkb:grass
gptkbp:status	Closed and redeveloped
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:No._303_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._317_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._257_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._32_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._350_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._609_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._80_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._349_Squadron_RAF gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command gptkb:RAF_Flying_Training_Command gptkb:RAF_Technical_Training_Command gptkb:RAF_Transport_Command gptkb:No._601_Squadron_RAF gptkb:RAF_Fighter_Command gptkb:No._504_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._312_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._313_Squadron_RAF gptkb:RAF_Maintenance_Command gptkb:RAF_Coastal_Command gptkb:No._145_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._306_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._308_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._1_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._615_Squadron_RAF RAF Air Transport Auxiliary
gptkbp:usedDuring	gptkb:First_World_War gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:website	M4 motorway and Heston services
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:No._315_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._316_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._317_Squadron_RAF
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6