Ministry of Defense High Velocity Missile range in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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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
Yes, but when the ranges are used for live firing, red flags (day) or red lights (night) are displayed: access is prohibited
Condition
Operational Range
Website
GOV.UK (Manorbier range firing/flying notice)
Site history
Built
1933 (1933)
In use
1933-1946 (1946) (airfield)
1946 - present (Artillery Range)
Battles/wars
European 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]
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