Transferred to the British Army and became Azimghur Barracks. Airfield retained for occasional flying.
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II Cold War
Airfield information
Identifiers
ICAO: EGUO
Elevation
175 metres (574 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
01/19
1,095 metres (3,593 ft) Asphalt
07/25
1,664 metres (5,459 ft) Asphalt
00/00
Asphalt
Aerial photograph of Colerne Airfield looking north, technical site and barracks at upper right, 4 December 1943
Royal Air Force Colerne or more simply RAF Colerne is a former Royal Air Force station which was on the outskirts of the village of Colerne in Wiltshire, England, and was in use from 1939 to 1976.
The site is now known as Azimghur Barracks and is home to 21 Signal Regiment, Royal Signals and 93 (City of Bath) Air Training Corps detached flight.
Royal Air Force Colerne or more simply RAFColerne is a former Royal Air Force station which was on the outskirts of the village of Colerne in Wiltshire...
Colerne is a village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles (6 km) west of the town of Corsham and 7 miles (11 km)...
is set to close in 2029. RAFColerne was opened on this site in 1940, and was in operation until 1976. From 1940 to 1955, RAF Fighter Command units were...
I aircraft. 263 Sqn remained until August 1942, when it departed for RAFColerne. Next came No. 152 Sqn, equipped with Supermarine Spitfire, but left...
airfield for the fighter squadrons based at RAFColerne. Originally, the new airfield's name was to be RAF Broadfield Down. The airfield used a standard-issue...
Army and RAF personnel, on 23 March it sailed in convoy to India.[citation needed] In November 1943 No. 456 Squadron RAAF arrived from RAFColerne, equipped...
24 Squadron moved to RAFColerne. It was replaced by No. 53 Squadron RAF operating the Beverley. In 1956 in support of the R.A.F. relief efforts to Hungarian...
Control, and Support; with subordinate detachments based at RAF Rudloe Manor, RAFColerne and RAF Defford. Command and Control of the system was conducted...
Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, but they could not prevent widespread destruction of industrial cities. Only once did the RAF lose as many as nine...
operators of the Hastings at RAFColerne. A year later the squadron disbanded when it was re-numbered to No. 36 Squadron RAF (36 Sqn) on 1 September 1958...
May 2012. "RAF Burtonwood". Control Towers. Retrieved 30 May 2012. "RAF Llandow airfield". Control Towers. Retrieved 30 May 2012. "RAFColerne". Air of...
Meteor F.3s moved to RAFColerne. No. 124 Squadron RAF between 5 October 1945 and 18 February 1946 with Meteor F.3s moving to RAF Fairwood Common. The...
on to RAFColerne in June. RAF Fairwood Common and RAF Angle had taken over the air defence of the South Wales area by the middle of 1941 and RAF Pembrey...
Air Force Communication Wing RAF, was established on 31 March 1945, and disbanded only three and a half months later at RAF Buckeburg on 15 July 1945, by...
moving to RAFColerne and converting to Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vbs. Cross-Channel Ramrod and Rodeo sorties from various bases followed, notably RAF Kenley...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code...
1988, p. 103. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since...
A Satellite Landing Ground (SLG) is a type of British Royal Air Force (RAF) aviation facility that typically consists of an airfield with one or two grass...
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