Lyneham
| Also known as: | Bradenstoke Solar Farm/Park / Lyneham Aerodrome / MOD Lyneham / RAF Lyneham / RAF Station, Lyneham |
| County: | Wiltshire |
| Current Status: | Unknown |
| Date: | 18 May 1940 - 31 December 2012 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council
- RAF Lyneham Old Boys Association
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Ferry Crew Pool
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No 1 Flight, Ferry Training Unit
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No 2 Flight, Ferry Training Unit
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No 3 Flight, Ferry Training Unit
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No 14 SFTS
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No 24 Sqn
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No 30 Sqn
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No 33 MU
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No 36 Sqn
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No 38 Expeditionary Air Wing (Air Transport)
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No 41 Gp Test Pilots Pool
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No 47 Sqn
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No 48 Sqn
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No 53 Sqn
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No 70 Sqn
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No 91 (Forward) Staging Post
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No 92 (Forward) Staging Post
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No 93 (Forward) Staging Post
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No 94 (Forward) Staging Post
- No 99 Sqn
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No 150 Staging Post
- No 159 Sqn
- No 160 Sqn
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No 206 Sqn
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No 216 Sqn
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No 242 OCU
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No 242 Sqn
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No 246 Sqn
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No 301 FTU
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No 511 Sqn
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No 525 Sqn
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No 1359 (Transport) Flight
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No 1409 (Long Range Meteorological Reconnaissance) Flight
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No 1425 (Communication) Flight
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No 1444 (Ferry Training) Flight
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No 1445 Flight
- No 1552 RAT Flight No 6 Section
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No 1577 Flight
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Air Despatch & Reception Unit
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Casualty Air Evacuation Sqn
- Ferry Training Unit
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Hercules Operational Evaluation Unit
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Lincoln Theseus Experimental Flight
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Lyneham Transport Wing
- Maintenance Command Jet Training Flight
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Moonrakers GC
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RAF Lyneham Flying Club
- Station Flight, Lyneham
- Transport Command Base Unit
Aerial view of Lyneham airfield, c. 1983. © Dave Welch.
Landing lights at Lyneham, 2 March 2009.
Landing lights at Lyneham, 2 March 2009.
Prisoners of War return home at Lyneham, 1953. Courtesy of British Pathé
De Havilland Comet 4s at Lyneham, 1962. Courtesy of British Pathé
RAF Hercules at Lyneham, 1967. Courtesy of British Pathé
Four C-130 Hercules leave Lyneham for the last time, 1 July 2011. Courtesy of PeteHyde989
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