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Rushton
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1981
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Andrew Ayers)
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Tarrant
Rushton airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for All
Commands 12779/41, with medium front windows to 343/43, visual control
room added postwar.
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Tower:
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Demolished
1981
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Other
Buildings:
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T2
hangar
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History:
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11/43, 298 Sqn formed here with Halifax towing tugs for Horsa gliders.
3/44, 644 Sqn formed here. 190, 196 and 620 Sqns used the airfield for
SOE supply drops in France. Horsa and Hamilcar gliders towed from here
on D-Day and again during Market Garden. Sqns requipped with Halifax IIIs
again on SOE drops in Europe and then glider towing during the Rhine crossing.
Postwar 298 Sqn went to the Far East and 644 to the Middle East. 11/45 to 9/46, 190, 295, 644, Sqns here, airfield then on care and maintenance. 6/48 to 1980, Flight Refuelling Ltd moved here from Ford, refuelling and servicing aircraft. 8/52 to 6/54, 210 AFS formed here training with Meteors. The RAF later extended the airfield as a V-bomber standby base but it was never used. |
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1980
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Andrew Ayers)
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Glider towing and Transport
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Opened:
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11/1943
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Closed:
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30/9/1980
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ID Code:
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TK
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3, concrete, wood chips
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Hangars:
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4- T2
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County:
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Dorset
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Location:
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4 miles E of Blandford
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OS Ref:
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ST946058
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs ©
as stated
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2003
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Shaun Churchill)
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tower + airfield = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2003
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