Down Ampney
Also known as: | Ampney / RAF Down Ampney / USAAF Station 458 |
County: | Gloucestershire |
Current Status: | Farmland (main position) / Leisure activity |
Date: | February 1944 - February 1947 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF / RCAF |
Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
Prominent People: | Jimmy Edwards / David Lord VC |
Aircraft Roles: | Airborne forces/transport (main role) / Trainer / Transport (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- The Co-operative Farms - Down Ampney Estate
- Cricklade Model Flying Club
- Down Ampney Parish Council
- GwynneSpeed
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
- 3rd Parachute Brigade HQ
- Cirencester and District Model Aircraft Club
- Cricklade Model Club
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Down Ampney Village
Main unit(s) present:
- No 19 Terminal Staging Post
- No 48 Sqn
- No 91 (Forward) Staging Post
- No 109 (Transport) OTU
- No 122 (Major) Staging Post
- No 271 Sqn
- No 435 Sqn
- No 436 Sqn
- No 2727 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2805 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Casualty Air Evacuation Centre
![001Runway 15:33. Looking south east - 14 July 2007.png](/media/5504/runway-15-33-looking-south-east-14-july-2007.png)
Runway 15:33, looking south east, 14 July 2007. © Richard Flagg
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Runway 03:21, looking north from the runway 03 threshold, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
![004Runway 03:21. Looking south from the runway 15:33 intersection - 21 June 2009.png](/media/5502/runway-03-21-looking-south-from-the-runway-15-33-intersection-21-june-2009.png)
Runway 03:21, looking south from the runway 15:33 intersection, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
![005Runway 09:27. Looking east from the runway 09 threshold - 21 June 2009.png](/media/5503/runway-09-27-looking-east-from-the-runway-09-threshold-21-june-2009.png)
Runway 09:27, looking east from the runway 09 threshold, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
![006Runway 15:33. Looking south east - 21 June 2009.png](/media/5505/runway-15-33-looking-south-east-21-june-2009.png)
Runway 15:33, looking south east, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
![007Runway 15:33. Looking south east from the runway 03:21 intersection - 21 June 2009.png](/media/5506/runway-15-33-looking-south-east-from-the-runway-03-21-intersection-21-june-2009.png)
Runway 15:33, looking south east from the runway 03:21 intersection, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
![008Spectacle Type Dispersal at the west of the airfield - 21 June 2009.png](/media/5507/spectacle-type-dispersal-at-the-west-of-the-airfield-21-june-2009.png)
Spectacle Type Dispersal at the west of the airfield, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
![009Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking north east from the runway 15 threshold - 21 June 2009.png](/media/5508/taxiway-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-looking-north-east-from-the-runway-15-threshold-21-june-2009.png)
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking north east from the runway 15 threshold, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
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