RAF Colerne

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RAF Colerne was a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England, that served as a base for various flying and support units during much of the 20th century.

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RAF Colerne canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
aircraftOperated Blackburn Beverley ⓘ
Douglas Dakota ⓘ
Handley Page Hastings ⓘ
Scottish Aviation Bulldog ⓘ
de Havilland Chipmunk ⓘ
closure late 20th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
function maintenance base ⓘ
training base ⓘ
transport airfield ⓘ
garrison Royal Air Force ⓘ
gridReference ST822712 ⓘ
hasHangars yes ⓘ
hasRunways yes ⓘ
hostedUnit No. 131 Maintenance Unit RAF ⓘ
No. 2 Flying Training School RAF ⓘ
No. 238 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 3 Air Experience Flight RAF ⓘ
No. 30 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 48 Squadron RAF ⓘ
University of Bristol Air Squadron ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
location Colerne ⓘ
near Bath ⓘ
Chippenham ⓘ
notableFor aircrew training ⓘ
maintenance and storage of RAF aircraft ⓘ
transport operations ⓘ
opened World War II era ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
ownedBy Air Ministry ⓘ
Ministry of Defence ⓘ
postClosureUse Army Air Corps use ⓘ
Army barracks ⓘ
civilian use ⓘ
region South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
role RAF Maintenance Command base ⓘ
RAF Transport Command base ⓘ
runwaySurface concrete ⓘ
runwayType paved ⓘ
use military ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

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