Netheravon Airfield is a Ministry of Defence grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England. Established in 1913 by the Royal Flying Corps...
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commissioned as The Woman Who Fell To Earth) Malfunction (parachuting) Netheravon Airfield Death of Stephen Hilder, in a parachute incident in 2003 Parachute...
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of modern weapons. The Officers' Mess was established at Netheravon House. Netheravon Airfield is outside the parish, on the other bank of the Avon in...
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List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies (redirect from List of UK Airfields)
March 2013. "The Army Parachute Association". netheravon.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016. Oaksey Park Airfield Archived 1 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine...
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town of Opglabbeek when both her parachutes failed. In May 2015, at Netheravon Airfield, Hilder's regular dropzone, army Sgt. Emile Cilliers was arrested...
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Fittleton cum Haxton (section Airfield)
Netheravon Airfield was created for the Royal Flying Corps in 1913 from farmland in the southwest of the parish, and in 1918 became RAF Netheravon, an...
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Heath Sha Tin Airfield, Hong Kong (1950s–1970s) – formerly RAF Shatin AAC Netheravon, Wiltshire (1964–2012) – formerly RAF Netheravon, now used by the...
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Wiltshire England EGDM MoD Boscombe Down Amesbury England EGDN Netheravon Airfield Netheravon England EGDO RNAS Predannack satellite of RNAS Culdrose Mullion...
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Transport in Swindon (section Local airfields)
Fairford – 10 miles north RAF Brize Norton – 16 miles northeast Netheravon Airfield (EGDN) – grass strip – Army Upavon (X2UA) – grass strip – formerly...
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disbanded on 1 April 1946. Glider Pilot Exercise Unit GPEU was formed at Netheravon Airfield on 12 August 1942 by redesignating No. 296B Squadron, it operated...
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formed in February 1915 from a flight of No. 1 Squadron RFC based at Netheravon Airfield in Wiltshire. The squadron moved to France in September 1915 and...
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Aerodrome and Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway. A grass aerodrome at Netheravon was used by the RAF until 1963, then by the Army Air Corps until 2012...
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Figheldean (section Airfield)
a thatched roof. Netheravon Airfield is largely in Fittleton parish but extends southwards into Figheldean. A grass strip airfield was created for the...
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Old Sarum Airfield (ICAO: EGLS) is a grass strip airfield 2 nautical miles (4 km; 2 mi) north-north-east of Salisbury, in Laverstock parish, Wiltshire...
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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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Fleet Air Arm training course in 1924, qualifying as a pilot at Netheravon Airfield. He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 30 September 1931, after...
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RAF Debden (redirect from Debden airfield)
airfield was opened in April 1937 and was first used by the Royal Air Force. One of Debden's early and most bizarre experiences was when the airfield...
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squadron reformed c. 1982 as part of 7 Regiment AAC based at Airfield Camp, Netheravon. In April 1995, the squadron became a Territorial Army unit part...
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Staverton. In February 1951, the School left Staverton and moved to RAF Netheravon. The following units were also here at some point: No. 2 Elementary Flying...
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The Chilton D.W.1A at Netheravon Airfield, Wiltshire, in April 1968...
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in early 1936. He then went on to No. 6 Flying Training School at Netheravon Airfield in March. Gaining his wings, he was posted to No. 65 Squadron as...
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No. 1 Flying Training School RAF (redirect from Netheravon Flying School)
was officially formed by renaming the Netheravon Flying School, which had been formed on 29 July 1919 at Netheravon in Wiltshire, England, out of the 2nd...
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A list of airfields of the Royal Flying Corps. Saint-Omer, France, 1914–1918 (Headquarters) - now Saint-Omer Wizernes Airport and site of British Air...
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Retrieved 15 July 2020. "Service with the Joint Service Parachute Wing, Netheravon". Royal Welsh. 7 July 2020. "Army Parachute Association (APA) | Army Sport"...
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Training Unit Kenya. 7 Army Aviation Regiment was formed c. 1969 at Airfield Camp, Netheravon. In 1971, the regiment was renamed to 7 Regiment Army Aviation...
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absorbed into 1st Artillery Brigade, which had been based at the Airfield Camp, Netheravon since 2005. 43rd Brigade therefore became an integral part of...
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Squadron was reformed as 666 Squadron AAC (V) during 1979 at Airfield Camp, Netheravon within 7 Regiment Army Air Corps (V) operating Westland Gazelle...
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669 Squadron AAC, (Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH.1) 2 Wing AAC, AAC Netheravon (Wing disbanded during 1989) Northern Ireland Regiment AAC, AAC Aldergrove...
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Military Intelligence Brigade, HQ at Airfield Camp, Netheravon 1st Artillery Brigade, HQ at Airfield Camp, Netheravon Joint Ground Based Air Defence Headquarters...
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No. 142 Squadron RAF (section Operational airfields)
disbanded on 1 February 1920, to form No. 55 Squadron RAF. Re-formed at RAF Netheravon on 1 June 1934, 142 Squadron was equipped with the Fairey Battle light...
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