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Rednal
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2000
View North across airfield from railway bridge, Control Tower in
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Rednal
Airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
industry
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office with Met
Section 518/40
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Tower:
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Derelict
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Other
Buildings:
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Many
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History:
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4/42 to , 61 Operational Training Unit with Masters and Spitfires, satellite
at Montford Bridge. 7/44, used by USAAF C-47's evacuating casualties from Normandy to military hospitals in Shropshire. |
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Fighter OTU
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Opened:
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4/1942
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Closed:
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/1945
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Code:
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?
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3 tarmac
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Hangars:
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3 Bellman, 8 Blister
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County:
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Shropshire
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Location:
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12 miles NW of Shrewsbury
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OS Ref:
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SJ373275
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs ©
Robert Truman
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Just
South of airfield: fortified farmhouse with at least three interconnecting
pillboxes
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RAF
Rednal airfield and control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2001
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