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Ashton Keynes

Decoy
County: Wiltshire
Current Status: Open land
Date: 10 April 1941 (earliest known date) - 5 October 1944 (approx)
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF
Decoy Type(s): Q
Decoy Number(s): 56(a)

Ashton Keynes operated as the decoy airfield for South Cerney during World War Two. The control shelter still survives.

 

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/12/2015):

  • Minety Parish Council
Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

South Cerney

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