Kemble (Cotswold)
Also known as: | Cotswold Airport / Cotswold Airport Showground / Kemble Aerodrome / Kemble Enterprise Park / RAF Kemble |
County: | Wiltshire |
Current Status: | Aviation / Industry / Museum |
Date: | Opened 22 June 1938 |
Current Use: | Active |
Used By: | RAF / Civil / USAF |
N.B. - Kemble is situated across the two counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire but primarily geographically resides in Wiltshire.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Air Salvage International Limited
- AV8 Restaurant
- Bristol Britannia XM496 Preservation Society
- Chevron Aircraft Maintenance
- Cirencester and District Model Aircraft Club
- Cotswold Archaeology
- Cotswold Model Car Club
- Crown Catering (Stroud) Ltd
- Crudwell Parish Council
- High Tech Drains & Water Solutions
- Kemble & Ewen Parish Council
- LRTT Ltd t/a Resource Group
- Rapid Racking Ltd
- Rodmarton Parish Council
- Secure Data Management Ltd
- Turtle Mat Company Limited
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Aircraft Preparation Unit
- No 1 (Long Range) FU
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No 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit
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No 2 Transport Aircraft Modification Unit
- No 4 (Continental) FPP
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No 5 MU
- No 6 ASU
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No 7 (Service) FPP
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No 286 Sqn
- Bristol Aero Club
- Central Flying School
- Freedom Aviation
- Kemble Flying Club
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Overseas Air Deliveries Flight
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Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit
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Overseas Aircraft Preparation Flight
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Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit
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Overseas Deliveries Flight
- RAF Lyneham Flying Club
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Transport Aircraft Modification Section
![012Type D hangar - Nick Challoner.JPG](/media/2584/type-d-hangar-nick-challoner.jpg)
A Type D hangar at Kemble, 13 July 2008. Photograph copyright © 2016 Nick Challoner, all rights reserved, www.challoner.com
![013Aircraft Dispersals at the south west of the airfield - 17 July 2014.png](/media/5514/aircraft-dispersals-at-the-south-west-of-the-airfield-17-july-2014.png)
Aircraft dispersals at the south west of the airfield, 17 July 2014. © Richard Flagg
![014Hangar : B1 Type Aircraft Shed - 17 July 2014.png](/media/5516/hangar-b1-type-aircraft-shed-17-july-2014.png)
B1 Type Aircraft Shed at Kemble, 17 July 2014. © Richard Flagg
![015Main Workshops - 17 July 2014.png](/media/5521/main-workshops-17-july-2014.png)
Main Workshops at Kemble, 17 July 2014. © Richard Flagg
![016Station Headquarters - 17 July 2014.png](/media/5522/station-headquarters-17-july-2014.png)
Station Headquarters at Kemble, 17 July 2014. © Richard Flagg
![017Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking south west near the control tower - 17 July 2014.png](/media/5523/taxiway-at-the-north-of-the-airfield-looking-south-west-near-the-control-tower-17-july-2014.png)
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking south west near the control tower, 17 July 2014. © Richard Flagg
![018Taxiway at the south of the airfield. Looking east - 17 July 2014.png](/media/5524/taxiway-at-the-south-of-the-airfield-looking-east-17-july-2014.png)
Taxiway at the south of the airfield, looking east, 17 July 2014. © Richard Flagg
![020Hangar : E Type Aircraft Shed - 14 September 2014.png](/media/5517/hangar-e-type-aircraft-shed-14-september-2014.png)
E Type Aircraft Shed at Kemble, 14 September 2014. © Richard Flagg
![021Hangar : Modern Aircraft Shed - 14 September 2014.png](/media/5518/hangar-modern-aircraft-shed-14-september-2014.png)
Modern Aircraft Shed at Kemble, 14 September 2014. © Richard Flagg
![022Hangar : Modern Aircraft Shed 2 - 14 September 2014.png](/media/5519/hangar-modern-aircraft-shed-2-14-september-2014.png)
Modern Aircraft Shed at Kemble, 14 September 2014. © Richard Flagg
![023Looking west from near the AV8 Restaurant - 14 September 2014.png](/media/5520/looking-west-from-near-the-av8-restaurant-14-september-2014.png)
Looking west from near the AV8 Restaurant, 14 September 2014. © Richard Flagg
![024Hangar : E Type Aircraft Shed - 7 January 2017.png](/media/5515/hangar-e-type-aircraft-shed-7-january-2017.png)
E Type Aircraft Shed at Kemble, 7 January 2017. © Richard Flagg
Cocooning aircraft at Kemble, 1950. Courtesy of British Pathé
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