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RAF Abbots Bromley

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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Abbots Bromley

Elevation AMSL
  
410 ft / 125 m

Year built
  
1940

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

In use
  
1940-1949 (1949)

00/00
  
1,950

Owner
  
Air Ministry

RAF Abbots Bromley

RAF Abbots Bromley is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground (RLG) located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north-west of the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. The airfield opened during 1940 and closed on 31 March 1949 being the satellite of RAF Burnaston.

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Based units

  • No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF flying de Havilland Tiger Moths.
  • No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • No. 21 Maintenance Unit RAF

    • The airfield was also used after the Second World War for storing ammunition.

    Current use

    There is currently not much of the original site left partly because of the fact it had grass runways and partly due to the period of time elapsed however a guard house and a single Robin hangar remain with part of the site becoming a chicken farm.

    References

    RAF Abbots Bromley Wikipedia
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