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Down Ampney
| Also known as: | Ampney / RAF Down Ampney / RAF Station, Down Ampney / USAAF Station 458 |
| County: | Gloucestershire |
| Current Status: | Farmland (main position) / Leisure activity |
| Date: | February 1944 - February 1947 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RCAF |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Paved |
| Prominent People: | Jimmy Edwards / David Lord VC |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Airborne forces/transport (main role) / Trainer / Transport (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- The Co-operative Farms – Down Ampney Estate
- Cricklade Model Flying Club
- Down Ampney Parish Council
- GwynneSpeed
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
- 3rd Parachute Brigade HQ
- Cirencester and District Model Aircraft Club
- Cricklade Model Club
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Down Ampney Village
Main unit(s) present:
- No 19 Terminal Staging Post
- No 48 Sqn
- No 91 (Forward) Staging Post
- No 109 (Transport) OTU
- No 122 (Major) Staging Post
- No 271 Sqn
- No 435 Sqn
- No 436 Sqn
- No 2727 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2805 Sqn RAF Regiment
- Casualty Air Evacuation Centre
- Station Flight, Down Ampney
Runway 15:33, looking south east, 14 July 2007. © Richard Flagg
Part of the perimeter track at Down Ampney, 27 January 2009.
Runway 03:21, looking north from the runway 03 threshold, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
Runway 03:21, looking south from the runway 15:33 intersection, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
Runway 09:27, looking east from the runway 09 threshold, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
Runway 15:33, looking south east, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
Runway 15:33, looking south east from the runway 03:21 intersection, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
Spectacle Type Dispersal at the west of the airfield, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking north east from the runway 15 threshold, 21 June 2009. © Richard Flagg
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