Colerne is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles (6 km) west of the town of Corsham and 7 miles (11 km)...
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Royal Air Force Colerne or more simply RAF Colerne is a former Royal Air Force station which was on the outskirts of the village of Colerne in Wiltshire...
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Colerne Airfield (ICAO: EGUO), now known as Azimghur Barracks, is a British Army facility just north-west of the village of Colerne, Wiltshire, England...
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districts of Wiltshire (as they existed on 4 May 2021): Bowerhill; Box & Colerne; Bradford-on-Avon North; Bradford-on-Avon South; Bromham, Rowde & Roundway;...
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Colerne Park and Monk's Wood (grid reference ST838725) is a 53.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified...
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Argentina No. 2, flown by the Officer Commanding 263 Squadron RAF based at Colerne, Wiltshire, on the snow-covered airfield at Charmy Down, Somerset....
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Experience Flight RAF – MoD Boscombe Down No. 3 Air Experience Flight RAF – Colerne Airfield No. 4 Air Experience Flight RAF – Glasgow Airport No. 5 Air Experience...
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Hazelbury and Shockerwick (near Bathford) and those further afield at Colerne, Atworth, and Bradford on Avon. In 1086 the Domesday Book recorded 25 households...
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scholar and friend of Erasmus. Grocyn was a prominent educator born in Colerne, Wiltshire. Intended for the church, he attended Winchester College and...
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organisations, including WaterAid in Tanzania. He was elected for the Box & Colerne ward of Wiltshire Council in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. House of Commons...
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airfield in 1916 RAF Coleby Grange CG England Lincolnshire 1940 1946 RAF Colerne CQ England Wiltshire 1940 1976 Transferred to the British Army and became...
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experience and create tactics in facing jet-engined foes before moving to Colerne, Wiltshire. For a week from 10 October 1944 a series of exercises were...
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1945, before finally being placed on display at the Station Museum at Colerne. When the museum closed in 1975 the aircraft went to RAF St Athan, receiving...
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including a rare Spitfire Mk II which had been a gate guardian at RAF Colerne in Wiltshire. During the actual aerial conflict, all RAF Spitfires were...
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January 1944 RAF Yate Cadet TX.2/TX.3 Sedbergh TX.1 RAF Charmy Down RAF Colerne 1 September 1955 Disbanded 94 Gliding School June 1945 RAF Yate Cadet TX...
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and Support; with subordinate detachments based at RAF Rudloe Manor, RAF Colerne and RAF Defford. Command and Control of the system was conducted from Oakhanger...
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175 Sqn. being armed with concrete practice bombs in late 1943 at RAF Colerne, Wiltshire Role Fighter-bomber Type of aircraft National origin United...
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regiment was formed on the basis of the 15th Signal Regiment based in Colerne, and became known as the 13th Signal Regiment (Cyber), which stood up on...
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of Allington, Ashton Keynes, Audley, Avon, Box, Bremhill, Brinkworth, Colerne, Corsham, Crudwell, Hill Rise, Hilmarton, Kington Langley, Kington St Michael...
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Electronic Warfare Teams (LEWTs) 21st Signal Regiment, at Azimghur Barracks, Colerne 215 Signal Squadron 220 Signal Squadron Support Squadron 22nd Signal Regiment...
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RAF South Cerney RAF Aston Down RAF Southrop RAF Fairford RAF Debden RAF Colerne Order of Battle during July 1944: HQ at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester...
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RAF between 2 June 1946 and 9 June 1945 with Meteor F.3s moved to RAF Colerne. No. 124 Squadron RAF between 5 October 1945 and 18 February 1946 with...
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move to Innsworth by 2028) 21 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, in Colerne (Electronic Warfare; will move to Innsworth by 2028) Surveillance Group...
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into being a satellite airfield for the fighter squadrons based at RAF Colerne. Originally, the new airfield's name was to be RAF Broadfield Down. The...
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unit unit shorthand MOAY No. 31 Squadron RAF 31 Sqn MOAZ Colerne Communication Squadron RAF Colerne Comm. Sqn. MOBC No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF...
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26278 Oxfordshire 1 December 1940–10 January 1946 Used by No. 39 MU RAF Colerne No. 2 SLG RAF Starveall Farm 51°51′18″N 001°20′42″W / 51.85500°N 1.34500°W...
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Box Mine (near Rudloe and Box Tunnel) Colerne Park and Monk's Wood, and Honeybrook Farm (near Biddestone and Colerne) Corsham Railway Cutting "Corsham"....
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ex-RAF Flowerdown ex-RAF Credenhill ex-RAF Topcliffe ex-RAF Ouston ex-RAF Colerne ex-RAF Thorney Island ex-RAF Stafford ex-RAF Hullavington ex-RAF Debden...
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1222 1246 Geoffrey, sacristan 1246 1260 a monk of Malmesbury William of Colerne 1260 1296 William of Badminton 1296 Adam de la Hoke a monk of Malmesbury...
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after storage at No. 12 Maintenance Unit, the aircraft was sent to RAF Colerne before being preserved at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford. United Kingdom...
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