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2005
(© Barrie Larke)
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Sleap
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Airfield
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for Bomber
Satellite and OTU Satellite Stations, 13726/41
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Tower:
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In
use for Air Traffic Control and Clubhouse. In two separate incidents in
1943 Whitley bombers hit the control tower killing several aircrew and
ground personnel.
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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93 Group Bomber Command, satellite to Tilstock.4/43 to 28/12/45, C Flight, 81 OTU with Whitleys then Wellingtons. 1/1/44 Transferred to 38 (Airborne Forces) Group, training aircrews in Special Operations duties and Horsa glider towing. 10/8/45 to 21/1/46, 81 OTU became No. 1380 Transport Support Conversion Unit. Station closed 28/12/45, on care and maintenance until reopened 1956 as Satellite to Shawbury. Central Navigation and Control School training RAF Air Traffic Controllers. Final RAF closure 1964. |
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1944
(© W/C D.S. Robertson DFC via Nanton Lancaster Air Museum)
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Whitley
glider tugs & Horsa gliders at Sleap 1944
(© W/C D.S. Robertson DFC)
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Bomber and Fighter OTU
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Opened:
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15/1/1943 to 28/12/45
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Reopened:
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1956 to 1964
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ID Code:
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YP, now SP
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3 concrete
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Hangars:
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1- B1, 1- T2
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County:
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Shropshire
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Location:
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9 miles N of Shrewsbury
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OS Ref:
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SJ482268
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs ©
as stated
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Sleap
airfield
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1956
(© Keith Seddon)
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2002
(© Ashley Sheriff)
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RAF
Sleap airfield
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RAF
Sleap airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2004
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