Hooton Park

**CDP** · 10-10-2009, 21:20

Hooton Park was opened in 1917 as No. 4 Training Depot Station. Four General Service Sheds were erected that year, anticipating the assembly of aircraft shipped from the US via Liverpool but this never happened. During WW2, Hooton Park became a Coastal Command station. During 1941, two runways were laid.

In 1942, the station passed to RAF Technical Training. This role lasted until 1944, when the station passed to RAF Maintenance Command as a storage facility (with 61 MU in residence). A variety of units passed through Hooton Park until it closed in 1962.

The site is now largely owned by Vauxhall, who use the existing NW/SE runway as storage.

The General Service Sheds are Grade II Listed, two (No. 2 and No. 3 Hangar) of which are owned by the Hooton Park Trust, who are hoping to restore them. The No. 1 Hangar is in the process of being demolished. A number of other buildings also remain. (photos taken October '09)

Views around No. 1 Hangar

Would would like to thank the people at Hooton Park for showing us around.

Chris

**CDP** · 10-10-2009, 22:05

A few more...

Avro Anson C.19 G-AGPG

Chris

**PNK** · 11-10-2009, 11:15

And it has one of those bomb drop towers as well?

**REF** · 11-10-2009, 17:43

Originally Posted by mawganmad

Nice pics of another interesting site Chris, did you see or get pic of the Gannet forward fusalage at all?

Should add, the only aircraft I saw there was the Anson (G-AGPG), a cockpit section of HS.748 (G-ORAL) and a Sea Hawk Cockpit, I didn't photograh that as it was wrapped up in tarpaulins and covers!!