RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit)

RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit)
Hinstock, Shropshire in England
RNAS Hinstock Shown within Shropshire
Coordinates	52°49′59″N 2°30′19″W / 52.83306°N 2.50528°W / 52.83306; -2.50528Coordinates: 52°49′59″N 2°30′19″W / 52.83306°N 2.50528°W / 52.83306; -2.50528
Site information
Owner	Admiralty Air Ministry
Operator	Fleet Air Arm Royal Air Force
Controlled by	RAF Maintenance Command
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941-1947 (1947)
Airfield information
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22  Concrete

RNAS Hinstock (HMS Godwit) is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm station located in Hinstock, Shropshire.

The following units were here at some point:^[1]

• No. 27 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 29 Maintenance Unit RAF
• No. 37 Maintenance Unit RAF
• 702 Naval Air Squadron
• 729 Naval Air Squadron
• 734 Naval Air Squadron
• 758 Naval Air Squadron
• 780 Naval Air Squadron
• 798 Naval Air Squadron

See also[]

• List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds

References[]