Chalgrove Airfield (ICAO: EGLJ) is a former Second World War airfield in Oxfordshire, England. It is approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) north-northeast of Benson...
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"Chalgrove - release of the land at Chalgrove Airfield". WhatDoTheyKnow. 27 July 2016. "Chalgrove Band". Chalgrove Band. "THE RED LION CHALGROVE". THE...
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Mk.18 KAI KF-21 Boramae The Martin-Baker company uses its own airfield, Chalgrove Airfield, in Oxfordshire for operational testing of ejection seats. In...
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List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies (redirect from List of UK Airfields)
public active aerodromes (airports and airfields) in the UK and the British Crown Dependencies. Most private airfields are not listed. For a list ranked by...
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human airborne ejection seat firing took place on 24 July 1946 over Chalgrove Airfield, Oxfordshire, in a Meteor, piloted by Bernard Lynch; the first dummy...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (section Overseas Royal Flying Corps (WWI) and British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (WWII) airfields)
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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Landing Ground "A-4 in Pays de la Loire, northern France, en route to Chalgrove Airfield, Oxfordshire, England. The C-47s were flying in a Diamond formation...
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Hertford England closed 2014; proposed reopening EGLI Isleworth EGLJ Chalgrove Airfield Oxford England EGLK BBS Blackbushe Airport Camberley England EGLL...
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used by Martin-Baker Ltd since 1952 to test ejection seats. Based at Chalgrove Airfield, near Watlington, Oxfordshire. Meteor T.7 G-JSMA ex-WL419, used by...
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episode. The airfield (where Number Six boards a Gloster Meteor) used in this episode is the former RAF Chalgrove / Chalgrove Airfield in Oxfordshire...
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Poupeville Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1.7 km southeast of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont in the Normandy region, France. It was the first...
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opened in 1971, see Paderborn Lippstadt Airport Lippstadt Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany, located in the northern part of Lippstadt...
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RAF Andover (redirect from Andover Airfield)
Forces, and the Air Transport Auxiliary were also stationed at the airfield. The airfield has a notable place in history as the site of the first attempt...
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Kassel-Rothwesten Airfield is a former military airfield located in Rothwesten, a part of Fuldatal in Germany about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of...
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testing. The first airborne test with this aircraft took place over Chalgrove airfield in June 1946. Using a dummy the parachute failed when it opened prematurely...
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Katterbach Kaserne (redirect from Ansbach Airfield)
1935 as a Luftwaffe airfield named Fliegerhorst Ansbach and was completed in 1938. The airfield was primarily a bomber airfield, with the first unit...
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Baheira Airfield Baheira Airfield, or Bir El Baheira is an abandoned military airfield in Libya, which is located in the eastern desert near the Egypt–Libya...
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Querqueville Airfield is a former airfield .4 km (0.25 mi) north-northwest of Querqueville in the Normandy region of France. The airfield was already in...
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Juvincourt Airfield is an abandoned military airfield, which is located near the commune of Juvincourt-et-Damary in the Aisne department of northern France...
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Laon-Athies Air Base (redirect from Laon/Athies Airfield)
Laon-Athies Air Base is an abandoned military airfield, which is located near the city of Laon in the Aisne department of France. Its history begins before...
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Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen (redirect from Ober Olm Airfield)
Mainz-Finthen Airfield (German: Flugplatz Mainz-Finthen) (ICAO: EDFZ) is a recreational aerodrome in Germany, located about 3 miles (5 km) southwest of...
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Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport (redirect from Rennes/St-Jacques Airfield)
the Battle of France, Rennes airport was used as a Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation. Known units assigned (all from Luftflotte 3, Fliegerkorps...
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RAF Aldermaston (redirect from Aldermaston Airfield)
Reading, Berkshire, England. Originally built as an RAF Bomber Command airfield during 1941-1942, Aldermaston was transferred to the United States Army...
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Peray Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Peray in the Pays de la Loire region of northern France...
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RAF Bovingdon (redirect from Bovingdon Airfield)
miles (4.0 km) south-east of Berkhamsted. During the Second World War, the airfield was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Forces...
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Ponte Olivo Airfield Ponte Olivo Airfield is an abandoned pre-World War II airport and later wartime military airfield in Sicily, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)...
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Eschborn Airfield (Fliegerhorst Eschborn) is an abandoned military airfield in Germany located approximately 10 km northwest of Frankfurt am Main (Hessen)...
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Medenine Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, which was located just to the west of Medenine, 46 km N of Tataouine; 430 km south-southeast...
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RAF Bury St Edmunds (redirect from Rougham Airfield)
Edmunds known as RAF Westley, an area now part of the town itself. The airfield was originally and is now again known as Rougham as it is located north...
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Orconte Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Orconte in the Marne department of northern France...
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