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Tarrant
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1981
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Andrew Ayers)
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RAF
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.
03/44, 644 Squadron formed here. 190, 196 and 620 Squadrons 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 Squadron went to the Far East and 644 to the Middle East. 11/45 to 09/46, 190, 295, 644, Sqnuadrons here, airfield then on care and maintenance. 06/48 to 1980, Flight Refuelling Ltd moved here from Ford, refuelling and servicing aircraft. 08/52 to 06/54, 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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RAF
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1980
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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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30/09/1980
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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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3x - concrete, wood
chips
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Hangars:
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4x - 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 ©
copyright as stated
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Tarrant
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2003
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Shaun Churchill)
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RAF
Tarrant Rushton airfield
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RAF
Tarrant Rushton control tower + airfield = www.controltowers.co.uk ©
robert truman 2003 - tarrant Rushton -
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