RAF Yatesbury

RAF Yatesbury
Hangar at West Camp, 2014
RAF Yatesbury is located in Wiltshire
RAF Yatesbury
RAF Yatesbury
Shown within Wiltshire
Coordinates51°26′13″N 1°55′26″W / 51.43694°N 1.92389°W / 51.43694; -1.92389
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Technical Training Command
Site history
Built1916 (1916)
In use1916-1965 (1965)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
Cold War

RAF Yatesbury is a former Royal Air Force airfield near the village of Yatesbury, Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east of the town of Calne. It was an important training establishment in the First and Second World Wars and until its closure in 1965. For a time in the 1950s, part of the site became RAF Cherhill.