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410:. During the war it was used primarily as a troop carrier airfield for parachutists. After the war it was used for military jet aircraft training before closing as an RAF station in 1946, although it was then used until the early 1960s by the Vickers-Supermarine and Folland aircraft companies for flight testing and development flying.
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Today, the perimeter track has been largely reduced to a single-lane farm road as much of the airfield has been returned to agricultural use. A large section of the 06/24 secondary runway still exists, although reduced to half width. In aerial photography, however, much of the former wartime
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Flying still takes place at
Chilbolton with the Chilbolton Flying Club having established an airstrip on the former playing fields in front of the old RAF gymnasium with planning consent being obtained in 1992. Today club members fly light aircraft and ultralights from the airstrip.
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Chilbolton continued to be retained by the USAAF for use by transports as a staging airfield for cargo operations to and from the
Continent and it was not returned to the RAF until March 1945, by which time most of the C-47 groups had been transferred to forward stations in France.
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airfield's runways and hardstands can be seen as disturbances on the landscape, giving a ghostly appearance to the area. A large Type B.1 hangar also survives in agricultural use on the
Leckford Estate which occupies the SW corner of the former airfield.
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The next organisation to take an active interest in the site was the Space
Research Council which, in 1963, set about building a large observatory with what was to become a prominent local landmark - a radio telescope, known as the
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Flying continued on the old airfield during the 1980s when helicopters and light aircraft serving a field-spraying organisation were in residence, using a grass strip built parallel to the main north–south 12/30 runway.
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November 1941 it was placed into "care and maintenance" as there was no use for it by then, as the Battle of Britain had ended and there were sufficient airfields in the area to continue the war without it.
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and was used as a relief landing ground. At first it was developed piecemeal with the addition of the necessary facilities that took it towards existence as an independent airfield. It then hosted its own
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in the early 1950s. The
Spitfire T Mk IX, a 2-seat trainer and the last Spitfire variant to be built, was also developed and test-flown at Chilbolton for export to India and Eire (Southern Ireland).
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selected the airfield as a location for conducting flight development programmes of their jet prototypes and development aircraft, remaining for the best part of ten years.
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by the
Japanese in late 1941, and the Allies began preparations for the invasion of Europe. RAF Chilbolton was then allocated to the Americans and transferred to the
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were developed there as well as many early experimental swept-wing jet fighters. The airfield was also used for some location filming of David Lean's classic film
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for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. Its RAF and USAAF Station Code was "CB".
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Closeup of CG-4A gliders at Chilbolton in early September 1944 ready to be used in "Operation Market".
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245 Sqn, Hurricane IIB, arrived 23 Nov 1941, departed 19 Dec 1941.
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247 Sqn, Vampire F1, arrived 12 June 1946, departed 27 June 1946.
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RAF Chilbolton was opened in September 1940 as a satellite of
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1102:Royal Air Force flying training and support units
755:Aircraft for Southern Sector (January - May 1946)
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1082:Lockyer, Eleanor, M. English Airfields 1945-1962
1079:Lockyer, Eleanor, M. English Airfields 1941-1945
1100:Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J.; Halley, J. (1997).
548:America came into the war after the bombing of
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856:Air Force Historical Research Agency
703:No. 1 Fighter Command Servicing Unit
1348:Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service
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402:Opened in 1940, it was used by the
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304:1,463 metres (4,800 ft)
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1104:. UK: Air-Britain (Historians).
903:Aircraft, Airfields and Airshows
850: This article incorporates
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260:European theatre of World War II
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387:. The airfield was located in
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746:No. 2723 Squadron RAF Regiment
741:No. 2719 Squadron RAF Regiment
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554:United States Army Air Forces
490:Glider Pilots Exercise Unit,
408:United States Army Air Forces
186:United States Army Air Forces
150:Relief Landing Ground 1940-42
1045:. UK: Ian Allan Publishing.
1043:RAF Airfields of World War 2
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587:396th Fighter Squadron (C2)
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711:No. 3 Maintenance Unit RAF
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148:Satellite station 1942-43B
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274:88 metres (289 ft)
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2514:340th Bombardment Group
1519:Air Member for Materiel
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604:IX Tactical Air Command
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145:Royal Air Force station
2509:323d Bombardment Group
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466:raids ceased. Several
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95:Shown within Hampshire
1409:RAF Volunteer Reserve
1041:Falconer, J. (2012).
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502:arrived Dec-Jan 1941.
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1442:List of RAF missiles
1425:List of RAF aircraft
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1328:RAF Chaplains Branch
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770:Supermarine Attacker
717:No. 122 Airfield RAF
682:de Havilland Vampire
441:No. 238 Squadron RAF
345:CG-4As and C-47s of
266:Airfield information
214:No. 70 (T) Group RAF
125:51.14333°N 1.43972°W
2853:425th Night Fighter
2800:69th Reconnaissance
2795:67th Reconnaissance
2790:10th Reconnaissance
2766:441st Troop Carrier
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2726:349th Troop Carrier
2721:316th Troop Carrier
2716:315th Troop Carrier
2711:314th Troop Carrier
2706:313th Troop Carrier
1603:RAF Benevolent Fund
1538:symbols and uniform
1171:Ministry of Defence
1126:on 22 January 2010.
766:Vickers Supermarine
614:Back to RAF Control
572:368th Fighter Group
422:Royal Air Force use
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2701:64th Troop Carrier
2696:61st Troop Carrier
2457:50th Troop Carrier
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1583:Air Training Corps
1499:Chief of Air Staff
1363:RAF Music Services
729:No. 129 (RAF) Wing
676:Into the 'Jet Age'
622:– for the rest of
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406:and later by the
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2680:474th Fighter
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2630:363d Fighter
2625:362d Fighter
2600:79th Fighter
2595:57th Fighter
2590:50th Fighter
2585:48th Fighter
2580:36th Fighter
2441:303d Fighter
2431:84th Fighter
2426:71st Fighter
2421:70th Fighter
2264:Wethersfield
2234:Stoney Cross
2189:North Witham
2104:Great Dunmow
2069:Christchurch
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1963:Menzel Heurr
1880:Tmed El Chel
1802:Sidi Haneish
1700:World War II
1492:appointments
1323:RAF Regiment
1309:branches and
1239:Glider units
1124:the original
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372:is a former
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256:Battles/wars
220:Site history
172:Air Ministry
18:
2487:Bombardment
2416:9th Fighter
2411:8th Fighter
2378:Bombardment
2279:Wormingford
2219:Staplehurst
2119:High Halden
2079:Earls Colne
2049:Charmy Down
1989:Aldermaston
1948:El Haouaria
1913:Ben Gardane
1733:Ramat David
1468:Other ranks
1234:Ferry units
816:Current use
456:Southampton
447:as part of
445:RAF St Eval
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128: /
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2971:Categories
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2941:Thirteenth
2342:IX Fighter
2274:Woodchurch
2179:Merryfield
2144:Kingsnorth
2089:Folkingham
2074:Cottesmore
2059:Chilbolton
2039:Bottesford
1895:Sidi Azeiz
1766:El Amiriya
1728:Muqueibile
1613:RAF Museum
1388:Operations
1353:RAF Police
1311:components
1244:Misc units
1178:formations
841:References
684:jets when
620:No. 41 OTU
389:Chilbolton
113:51°08′36″N
46:Chilbolton
2956:Twentieth
2951:Fifteenth
2813:Squadrons
2204:Rivenhall
2164:Lymington
2154:Lashenden
2054:Chalgrove
2009:Balderton
1918:Bou Grara
1776:Deversoir
1756:Abu Sueir
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1209:Squadrons
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861:Citations
560:USAAF use
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292:Direction
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2931:Eleventh
2325:Commands
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2244:Upottery
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2229:Stansted
2194:Ramsbury
2169:Matching
2124:Headcorn
2099:Gosfield
2029:Bisterne
2019:Beaulieu
1958:Medenine
1953:Kairouan
1865:Hamraiet
1825:Belandah
1761:Ismailia
1707:Stations
1631:timeline
1555:Roundels
1279:Regiment
1253:stations
1194:Commands
933:10 April
829:See also
760:Post-war
468:Spitfire
178:Operator
2936:Twelfth
2911:Seventh
2820:Liaison
2573:Fighter
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2269:Winkton
2254:Welford
2224:Spanhoe
2214:Scorton
2174:Membury
2094:Fulbeck
2034:Boreham
2004:Ashford
1994:Andover
1973:Soltane
1943:El Djem
1923:Chekira
1905:Tunisia
1890:Tripoli
1875:Martuba
1855:El Assa
1850:El Adem
1845:Darragh
1820:Baheira
1738:St Jean
1646:commons
1626:history
1560:Uniform
1430:current
1296:Flights
1214:Flights
660:222 Sqn
654:247 Sqn
648:183 Sqn
542:174 Sqn
536:184 Sqn
527:245 Sqn
521:504 Sqn
515:501 Sqn
509:308 Sqn
485:238 Sqn
460:Bristol
417:History
393:Andover
385:England
377:station
306:Asphalt
286:Runways
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230: (
200:1945-61
198:1940-43
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2916:Eighth
2896:Fourth
2886:Second
2480:Groups
2288:Europe
2209:Saltby
2199:Raydon
2149:Langar
2139:Ibsley
2084:Exeter
2044:Boxted
1938:Hergla
1933:Hazbub
1885:Tobruk
1860:Gambut
1830:Benina
1786:Kabrit
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908:17 May
666:54 Sqn
642:26 Sqn
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2926:Tenth
2921:Ninth
2906:Sixth
2901:Fifth
2891:Third
2881:First
2371:Wings
2318:Units
2114:Grove
2024:Birch
1840:Berca
1812:Libya
1797:Payne
1781:Fayid
1748:Egypt
1723:Lydda
1693:USAAF
1550:Badge
1286:Wings
1204:Wings
1187:units
794:Midge
776:and
320:12/30
312:06/24
301:02/20
225:Built
168:Owner
2134:Hurn
1968:Sfax
1928:Hani
1870:Lete
1771:Daba
1106:ISBN
1090:ISBN
1071:ISBN
1061:ISBN
1047:ISBN
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910:2022
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630:and
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276:AMSL
248:1961
232:1939
228:1939
155:Code
141:Type
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