RAF Meir

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RAF Meir
Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in England
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RAF Meir
Shown within Staffordshire
Coordinates 52°58′13″N2°05′45″W / 52.97028°N 2.09583°W / 52.97028; -2.09583 Coordinates: 52°58′13″N2°05′45″W / 52.97028°N 2.09583°W / 52.97028; -2.09583
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Controlled by RAF Flying Training Command
Site history
Built1920 (1920)
In use1920-1973 (1973)
Battles/wars Second World War

Royal Air Force Meir or more simply RAF Meir is a former Royal Air Force station located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

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The following units were here at some point: [1]

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References

Citations

  1. "Meir (Blythe Bridge) (Longton) (Stoke-on-Trent)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. Lake 1999, p. 158.

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