Upavon
Also known as: | RAF Station, Upavon / RAF Upavon / RFC Upavon / Trenchard Lines / Upavon Aerodrome |
County: | Wiltshire |
Current Status: | Army barracks / Aviation |
Date: | 19 June 1912 - 30 June 1993 |
Current Use: | Limited flying |
Used By: | RAF / RFC / FAA / USAS |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Enford Parish Council
- Tidworth HIVE
- Upavon Parish Council
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Enford Newsletter
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Group
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No 3 Sqn
- No 7 FIS
- No 7 FIS (Advanced)
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No 9 Sqn
- No 15 Joint Services Trials Unit
- No 17 Joint Services Trials Unit
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No 17 Sqn
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No 38 (Air Support) Group
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No 38 Gp Air Transport Examining Unit
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No 38 Gp Comms Flight
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No 38 Gp Examining Unit
- No 38 Gp Standardisation Unit
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No 46 Group
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No 46 Gp Air Transport Examining Unit
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No 54 Sqn
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No 72 Sqn
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No 73 Sqn
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No 85 Sqn
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No 87 Sqn
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104th Aero Sqn
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No 230 Sqn
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No 248 MU
- No 408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight
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No 622 GS
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No 622 VGS
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No 800 Sqn
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No 801 Sqn
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No 802 Sqn
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No 810 Sqn
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No 820 Sqn
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No 821 Sqn
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No 823 Sqn
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No 824 Sqn
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No 1310 (Transport) Flight
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No 1537 BAT Flight
- No 2783 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Air Support Command
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Central Flying School
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Experimental Flight
- Flying Instructors School
- Flying Officers' Instructors School
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Handling Flight
- Meteorological Flight
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Moonrakers GC
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Southern Command (AGA) GC
- Testing Flight/Squadron
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Transport Command
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Transport Command Communication Flight
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Transport Command Communication Sqn
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Western Communication Sqn
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Wyvern GC
RFC - RAF, celebrating fifty years airborne at Upavon, 1962. Courtesy of British Pathé
An air display at Upavon, 1960s. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
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