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Swansea Airport, Fairwood Common

Fairwood Common is a large area of barely populated common land in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. It forms part of the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Swansea Airport is located in the middle of the common. This was developed from the World War II airfield named RAF Fairwood Common.

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Fairwood Common

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Fairwood Common is a large area of barely populated common land in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. It forms part of the Gower Area of Outstanding...

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RAF Fairwood Common

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Force Fairwood Common, or more simply RAF Fairwood Common, (IATA: EGFH, ICAO: SWS) is a former Royal Air Force Sector Station located on Fairwood Common, on...

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Swansea Airport

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Awyr Abertawe) (IATA: SWS, ICAO: EGFH) is located in the middle of Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west of Swansea, Wales...

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Fairwood

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hamlet in England Fairwood Common, an area of common land in the Gower Peninsula, Wales Fairwood, Maryland, a census-designated place Fairwood, Spokane County...

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List of villages in Gower

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village passes over a cattle grid to the west, which marks the start of Fairwood Common. The village has its own rugby team, Swansea Uplands RFC. Their clubhouse...

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Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range

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losses on enemy aircraft, and moved on to RAF Colerne in June. RAF Fairwood Common and RAF Angle had taken over the air defence of the South Wales area...

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Gower Peninsula

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The peninsula has a Championship status golf course at Fairwood Park just off Fairwood Common, which twice hosted the Welsh PGA Championships in the 1990s...

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RAF Bentwaters

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RAF Fairwood Common. No. 118 Squadron RAF between 15 December 1944 and 11 August 1945 with re-equipped Mustang III moved to RAF Fairwood Common. No....

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Mumbles

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Bay Geographical areas Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary Beaches listed clockwise Bracelet Bay Limeslade...

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RAF Colerne

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7 August 1941 14 May 1942 RAF Charmy Down RAF Fairwood Common Full Squadron Det at RAF Fairwood Common Det at RAF Charmy Down. No. 131 (County of Kent)...

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Armin Faber

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he attempted suicide" unsuccessfully. Faber was later driven to RAF Fairwood Common for interrogation under the escort of Group Captain David Atcherley...

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List of Royal Air Force Glider units

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Gliding School 636 Gliding School 1 October 1964 RAF Fairwood Common Unknown n/a RAF Fairwood Common 1984 636 Volunteer Gliding School 637 Gliding School...

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RAF Angle

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Fighter Command forward airfield, within No. 10 Group RAF as part of the Fairwood Common Sector. During the previous year the Luftwaffe had attacked Pembroke...

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Slade Bay

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Bay Geographical areas Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary Beaches listed clockwise Bracelet Bay Limeslade...

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List of RAF Regiment units

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Head LAA Squadron 2705 Squadron RAF Regiment 1941 - July 1944 RAF Fairwood Common (1941), Regiment Depot (1942), RAF North Coates (1943), RAF Grantham...

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Three Cliffs Bay

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Bay Geographical areas Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary Beaches listed clockwise Bracelet Bay Limeslade...

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Air Wales

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transferred to Red Dragon House at the grounds of Swansea Airport, Fairwood Common, in October 2001. Passenger numbers failed to reach the company's break-even...

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Oxwich Bay

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Bay Geographical areas Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary Beaches listed clockwise Bracelet Bay Limeslade...

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Operation Steinbock

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and the war industry, no rivalry between bombers and fighters; only the common will to do everything in this critical hour for the Defence of the Reich...

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Herbert Schmid

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was confronted by Sgt Matthews, with a flare; he was taken to RAF Fairwood Common by Group Captain David Atcherley; the aircraft is in Shoreham Aircraft...

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Rhossili

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Bay Geographical areas Bishop's Wood Burry Holms Cefn Bryn Clyne Common Fairwood Common Loughor estuary Beaches listed clockwise Bracelet Bay Limeslade...

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A4118 road

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reaches Upper Killay, where the road enters rural Gower. It passes over Fairwood Common and through several villages before terminating at Port Eynon. The...

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Clyne Common

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the easternmost of a set of commons that includes Fairwood Common, Forest Common, Pengwern Common, and Welsh Moor. This group comprise a belt of land...

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Boulton Paul Defiant

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seems to have been neither taught nor practised by the RAF. Despite being common knowledge among veteran First World War aircrew, featuring in Air Ministry...

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RAF Bolt Head

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May 1944 & 24 May-19 June 1944 Supermarine Spitfire XII Attended APC Fairwood Common, 17–23 May 1944. No. 234 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine...

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