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1993
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via Paul Francis)
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Baginton
- Coventry airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Coventry
Airport - closed 08/12/2009
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Tower Type:
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Pre war air traffic
control building
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Tower:
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Demolished
1996
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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1935,
Planned as a Civil Airport for Coventry, to be sited alongside the Armstrong
Whitworth Aircraft factory which built Whitley bombers from 1937
to 06/43. Built Lancasters
(later Lincolns) 08/42 to /48. AW also used manufacturing and airfield
runways at Bitteswell. Post war manufactured Meteor, Sea Hawk, Hunters
and Argosy aircraft, factory closed 07/65.
 09/39 to ,
No 1 Camouflage Unit formed here.09/40 to 08/41, No 9 Fighter Group HQ formed here with 308 (Polish) Sqn Hurricanes from Speke. Converted to Spitfires before move to Chilbolton 5/41. 03/41 to 05/41, 403 Sqn formed here with Tomahawks, moved to Ternhill. 06/41 to 41, 79, 135, 457 and 605 Sqns here at various times. Airfield used post war by many civil operators, now home to Air Atlantique and the Midland Air Museum. |
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RAF
Baginton - Coventry airfield
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1964
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Harry Holmes)
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Baginton
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Airfield:
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Operational fighter
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Opened:
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/1935
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Closed:
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08/12/2009
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ID Code:
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NG
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass, 1960 single mile
long runway,
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Hangars:
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2x - Bellman
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County:
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Warwickshire
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Location:
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3 miles SE of Coventry
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OS Ref:
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SP346748
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs © copyright
as stated
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Baginton
- Coventry airfield
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1996
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Robert Davies)
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1982
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Mark Harris)
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RAF
Baginton airfield
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RAF Baginton - Coventry airfield +control tower: www.controltowers.co.uk
© robert truman 2003 - Baginton - Coventry -
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