RAF Yatesbury | |
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Coordinates | 51°26′13″N 1°55′26″W / 51.43694°N 1.92389°W |
Site information | |
Owner | Air Ministry |
Operator | Royal Air Force |
Controlled by | RAF Technical Training Command |
Site history | |
Built | 1916 |
In use | 1916-1965 |
Battles/wars | First 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.