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were constructed (these could each hold four de Havilland Mosquito sized aircraft) and other hangars were planned but not initially constructed. The support buildings were situated on the southeast corner. Most of the other accommodation and administration building was to the east of the airfield.
721:. It became a sub-site of No. 214 Maintenance Unit RAF, at Newport. No. 59 Maintenance Unit RAF, an explosives storage unit, arrived on the 15 April 1946, having used RAF Rhoose as a detached site since the 6 June 1945. The unit disbanded on the 29 February 1947. 529:. The latter opened as an Aircraft Storage Unit (A.S.U.) but was then allocated a training unit on top. There were a number of reasons, there was a need for space to accommodate operational squadrons in the south-east of England, and a need to move the 678:. It used RAF Rhoose as a satellite while RAF Stormy Down was being improved. It had poor drainage and a poor surface and needed extensive repairs and hard runways. The unit was formed of twenty-three 702:, an anti-aircraft co-operation squadron, briefly used RAF Rhoose in early 1944, operating Miles Martinet aircraft. They were attached to Thornbury Maritime Royal Artillery Range, but returned to 945: 549:
RAF Rhoose was used immediately upon opening, by the training unit, alleviating RAF Llandow. However, as there were little facilities available at the satellite, all
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By the end of 1944 the airfield was utilised for aircraft storage, but with hangar space being limited, most of the aircraft were stored in the open, covered with
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After the disbandment of No. 59 M.U. And the sub-site of No. 214 M.U. the airfield closed at the beginning of 1948 and fell into disuse for four years.
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The repair work at RAF Stormy Down took longer than expected and No. 7 AGS, aircraft and personnel, moved back there on the 2 August 1944.
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in April 1942, as additional space, until May 1943. The airfield then remained unused until February 1944, when an
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From the 1 November 1944 the airfield was repurposed for storage. RAF Rhoose was transferred to No. 40 Group RAF,
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operated out of RAF Rhoose until August 1944. It was then placed into care and maintenance until transferred to
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During the course of the operation of the station, the following units were at sometime based at RAF Rhoose:
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began to operate a service between Cardiff and Dublin. On the 1 April 1954, the airfield became the base for
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Miles Master, a two-seat monoplane advanced trainer aircraft, an example of those used by No. 53 OTU
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moved into RAF Rhoose, becoming the first unit to be based there. The unit operated with
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had been constructed. In 1978, the airport became known officially as Cardiff airport.
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advanced trainer aircraft. No. 53 OTU remained for roughly a year and then left for
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Former Royal Air Force satellite station in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (1942–1946)
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formed a square around the airfield, joining up the runways. Four, Extra Over
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For the current civilian use of this facility and airport information, see
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RAF Llandow was unused for eight months, until 8 February 1944, when
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BBC News – Cardiff Airport is sold to the Welsh government for £52m
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Charter flights were using the aerodrome by 1950 and in 1952,
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RAF Rhoose was constructed during 1941/42 with a cross-shaped
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The new airfield at Rhoose was urgently needed to relieve
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