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RAF Manorbier
Royal Artillery Range Manorbier
Air Defence Range Manorbier
Part of Defence Training Estate
Near Manorbier in Pembrokeshire in Wales
Auxiliary Territorial Service workers operating a kinetheodolite (used to record on film the accuracy of anti-aircraft shells) at the Royal Artillery anti-aircraft training school at Manorbier
RAF Manorbier is located in Pembrokeshire
RAF Manorbier
RAF Manorbier
Location within Pembrokesire
RAF Manorbier is located in the United Kingdom
RAF Manorbier
RAF Manorbier
RAF Manorbier (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates51°38′45″N 004°47′00″W / 51.64583°N 4.78333°W / 51.64583; -4.78333
TypeRoyal Air Force airfield
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry 1933 - 1946
War Office 1946 - 1964
Ministry of Defence 1964 - present
OperatorRoyal Air Force 1937 - 1946
British Armed Forces
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
*No. 11 Group RAF 1944
Defence Infrastructure Organisation
Open to
the public
Yes, but when the ranges are used for live firing, red flags (day) or red lights (night) are displayed: access is prohibited
ConditionOperational Range
WebsiteGOV.UK (Manorbier range firing/flying notice)
Site history
Built1933 (1933)
In use
  • 1933-1946 (1946) (airfield)
  • 1946 - present (Artillery Range)
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Air Defence Range Manorbier, Pembrokeshire

Royal Air Force Manorbier, or more simply RAF Manorbier, was a Royal Air Force airfield near Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The site was first used in 1933 as a mixed civilian/military airfield and was the base for 'Y' Flight of No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF in 1937, using de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee unmanned radio-controlled target drone. The airfield was passed on to the War Office in September 1946.[1]

Air Defence Range (ADR) Manorbier is located within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It is currently used by the Ministry of Defence and is the sole UK range used for the High Velocity Missile in the anti-aircraft role.[2] The range comes under Defence Training Estate Pembrokeshire, and was formed out of merging the anti-aircraft school of Artillery at Larkhill and the field at Manorbier in 1972. It is now the main UK Close Air Defense (CAD) range for the British Army.[3]

  1. ^ "Manorbier". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Manorbier Range". Defence Training Estate. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Manorbier" (PDF). Defence Training Estate. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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