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Kemble
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2002
(© Gary Wright)
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Kemble
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Aviation
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Tower Type:
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1. Original control
tower type not known
2. Vertical Split Control type 2548c/55 |
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Tower:
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Not known
2. Still used for air traffic control |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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6/38 to , No. 5 Maintenance Unit for aircraft storage and maintenance.
1/45 to /46, became part of 47 Group, Transport Command./69 to /1980's, Red Arrows based here, moved to Scampton.  198? to 199?,
Support Center Europe, USAF Logistics Command, a forward storage site.
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1980s
(© Glen Moreman)
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Aircraft maintenance
and storage
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Opened:
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22/6/1938
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Closed:
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Military closed /19??,
now civillian flying
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ID Code:
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KM
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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grass then 2 concrete
and tarmac 1942
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Hangars:
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1- C Type, 2- Blister,
2- T2, 2- E Type, 4- Lamella, 4- Super Robin, 4- D Type, 8- Robin
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County:
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Gloucestershire
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Location:
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4 miles SW of Cirencester
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OS Ref:
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ST960965
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Links:
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©:
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All photos ©
as stated
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1980s
(© Paul Francis)
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2002
(© Mike Dews)
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airfield
+ control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2003
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