RAF Kemble [entry point]

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RAF Kemble [entry point]

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RAF Kemble is located across the Wiltshire – Gloucestershire border, 5 miles (8 kms) south-west of Cirencester.

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The station opened in 1938. During the war it was used by 5 Maintenance Unit and the Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flight. RAF Kemble was the headquarters of the RAF Service Ferry Pools  co-ordinating with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Gloster Aircraft had a production unit at the station making Typhoons. During late 1944 the United States Army Air Force used C-47s at the station to support allied troops in Europe. From 1967 to 1983 RAF Kemble was the home of the Red Arrows and it is now Cotswold Airport.

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“RAF Kemble [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/21852.

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