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Weston-on-the-Green

Major
Also known as: Oxford / RAF Weston-on-the-Green / Weston / Weston OTG (nickname) / Weston-on-the-Green Aerodrome
County: Oxfordshire
Current Status: Aviation / Military duties
Date: July 1918 (earliest known date) - April 1951 (Care & Maintenance)
Current Use: Limited flying
Used By: RAF / Civil
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later metal, later paved

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Bicester Millennium Cycling Club
  • Joint Service Parachute Centre (Weston)
  • Weston-on-the-Green Parish Council

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 1 ACHU
  • No 1 Parachute and Glider Training School
  • No 1 Parachute Training School
  • No 2 GTS
  • No 2 Sqn
  • No 3 MU
  • No 13 OTU
  • No 15 SFTS
  • No 18 Sqn
  • No 20 (P) AFU
  • No 28 TDS
  • No 90 Sqn
  • No 130 GS
  • Chilterns GC
  • Oxford GC
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Parachutists being taken up at Weston-on-the-Green, 22 May 2010.

Footage of parachutists at Abingdon and Weston-on-the-Green, 1964. Courtesy of British Pathé

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Abingdon / Kidlington / Upper Heyford

Relief Landing Ground(s):

Slade Farm

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