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Ramsbury

Major
Also known as: RAF Ramsbury / Ramsbury Aerodrome / USAAF Station 469
County: Wiltshire
Current Status: Farmland / Public road
Date: August 1942 - circa 1949
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / Civil / USAAF
Landing Surface Types: Paved
Aircraft Roles: Trainer / Transport

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):

  • Froxfield and Privett Parish Council
  • Ramsbury & Axford Parish Council
  • Ramsbury Library

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  • 82nd Airborne Division
  • 101st Airborne Division

The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):

  • Ramsbury & Axford On-line

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 15 (P) AFU
  • 83rd TCS
  • 84th TCS
  • 85th TCS
  • 86th TCS
  • 437th TCG
  • No 1336 Transport CU
  • No 1336 (Transport Support) CU
  • No 1537 BAT Flight
  • Air Couriers
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Part of the perimeter track at Ramsbury, 19 April 2007.

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Part of a runway and a memorial at Ramsbury, 26 April 2021.

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Operations block at Ramsbury, 26 April 2021.

Aerial footage of Ramsbury, c. October 2018. Courtesy of Philip Perkins

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Andover / Babdown Farm / Welford

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