RAF Clyffe Pypard

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RAF Clyffe Pypard
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Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire in England
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RAF Clyffe Pypard
Shown within Wiltshire
Coordinates 51°28′47″N1°53′47″W / 51.47972°N 1.89639°W / 51.47972; -1.89639 Coordinates: 51°28′47″N1°53′47″W / 51.47972°N 1.89639°W / 51.47972; -1.89639
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Controlled by RAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built1941 (1941)
In use1941-1961 (1961)
Battles/wars Second World War

Royal Air Force Clyffe Pypard or more simply RAF Clyffe Pypard is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield in Wiltshire, England.

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History

No. 29 Elementary Flying Training School RAF [1] was formed here on 13 September 1941 and operated a variety of aircraft including Fairey Battles, Miles Magisters, Avro Ansons and de Havilland Tiger Moths. The school was disbanded on 5 November 1947 and absorbed by No. 21 Elementary Flying Training School RAF. [2]

Current use

The site has now been returned to farmland. [1]

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Clyffe Pypard". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. Lake 1999, p. 63.

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