Merryfield (Isle Abbotts)
Major
| Also known as: | HMS Heron II / RAF Merryfield / RAF Station, Merryfield / RNAS Merryfield / USAAF Station 464 |
| County: | Somerset |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened 9 February 1944 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / FAA / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Ilminster Library
- Ilton Parish Council
- Isle Abbotts Parish Council
- Taunton Vale Cycle Race Association
- Yeovil Cycling Club
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- 82nd Airborne Division
- 101st Airborne Division
Main unit(s) present:
- No 9 FTS
- No 10 FTS
- No 12 FTS
- No 53 Sqn
- 99th TCS
- 100th TCS
- No 187 Sqn
- No 208 AFS
- No 231 OCU
- No 238 Sqn
- No 242 Sqn
- No 243 Sqn
- 301st TCS
- 302nd TCS
- 441st TCG
- No 700 Sqn
- No 766 Sqn
- No 802 Sqn
- No 809 Sqn
- No 891 Sqn
- No 893 Sqn
- No 894 Sqn
- No 1315 Transport Flight
- No 1552 RAT Flight No 3 Section
- No 2815 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2892 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Halifax Development Flight
- Station Flight, Merryfield (FAA)
- Station Flight, Merryfield (RAF)
Part of the perimeter track at Merryfield with the control tower in the background, 3 March 2007.
A runway at Merryfield, 26 May 2007.
A runway at Merryfield, 26 May 2007.
The control tower at Merryfield, 26 May 2007.
Part of the perimeter track at Merryfield, 14 July 2013.
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