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Wigtown
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2004
(© Tony Donnelly)
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RAF
Wigtown 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
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Tower:
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Derelict
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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08/41 to 11/45, No. 1 Air Observer School with Bothas then Ansons, 02/42,
renamed No. 1 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit. Airfield transferred to
Maintenance Command as a sub-site of 220 Maintenance Unit from Dumfries.
06/47 to 05/48, Bombing Trials Unit. |
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RAF
Wigtown airfield
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1981
(© Paul Francis)
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RAF
Wigtown airfield
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Airfield:
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Flying training
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Opened:
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08/1941
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Closed:
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07/1948
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Code:
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GO
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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Grass then 2x concrete
built 1942
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Hangars:
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7x - Bellman, 14x -
Blister
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County:
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Dumfries and Galloway,
Scotland
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Location:
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1 mile S of Wigtown
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OS Ref:
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NX433536
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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RAF
Wigtown - 1 AOS - 1 (O)AFU -
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2004
(© Bruce Symonds)
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2001
(© Mark Church)
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'Bombing
wall' above Cairn Ryan with concrete direction arrow 2004
(© Tony Donnelly)
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RAF
Wigtown airfield
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RAF
Wigtown airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2007 - Wigtown -
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