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Moreton-in-Marsh

Major
Also known as: Moreton-in-Marsh Aerodrome / RAF Moreton-in-Marsh
County: Gloucestershire
Current Status: College
Date: January 1941 - 1 September 1955
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF
Landing Surface Types: Paved
Aircraft Roles: Trainer
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
  • Batsford Parish Meeting
  • Fire Service College
  • Moreton in Marsh & District Local History Society
  • Moreton-in-Marsh Library
  • Moreton-in-Marsh New Cemetery - 46 RAF graves
  • Moreton in Marsh Town Council



                      

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 1 FTS
  • No 1 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit
  • No 1 Refresher School
  • No 21 OTU
  • No 21 (P) AFU
  • No 55 OTU
  • No 311 FTU
  • No 1446 (Ferry Training) Flight
  • Central Flying School
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Looking north-east across the airfield, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com

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Looking east across the airfield, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com

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The triangle between the three runways, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com

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Looking south-west across the western corner of the airfield, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com

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Frying pan dispersals to the north of the airfield, 6 June 1998. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com

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Simulation of a collapsed office block used by the Fire Service College on one of the runways at Moreton-in-Marsh, September 2005.

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One of the runways at Moreton-in-Marsh, 9 November 2009.

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Remains of the airfield at Moreton-in-Marsh, 17 January 2010.

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Little Rissington

Satellite(s):

Edgehill / EnstoneHoneybourne

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