RAF Llandow
Former Royal Air Force station in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Royal Air Force Llandow, or more simply RAF Llandow, is a former Royal Air Force station situated near the village of Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, 15 miles (24 km) west of Cardiff.
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Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°26′0″N 03°29′45″W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
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Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Maintenance Command 1943- | ||||||||||
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Built | 1937 (1937) | ||||||||||
In use | 1937-1957 (1957) | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||||
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Elevation | 88 metres (289 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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It opened in 1940 and closed in 1957. It was while training at this airfield in 1941 that John Gillespie Magee, Jr. wrote his famous poem, "High Flight."