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Royal Air Force Peplow, or more simply RAF Peplow, is a former Royal Air Force located, located 7 miles (11 km) South of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. It was operational between 1941 and 1949, being used by both the Royal Air Force (1942-1945) and the Royal Navy (1945–1947).[1]
The following units were here at some point:[2]
No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAF
No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF
No. 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
No. 83 Operational Training Unit RAF
734 Naval Air Squadron
758 Naval Air Squadron
772 Naval Air Squadron
780 Naval Air Squadron
798 Naval Air Squadron
No. 1515 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
^Delve 2007, p. 228.
^"Peplow (Child's Ercall)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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