RAF Chilbolton USAAF Station AAF-404 | |||||||||||
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Chilbolton, Hampshire in England | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°08′36″N 001°26′23″W / 51.14333°N 1.43972°W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station Satellite station 1942-43B Relief Landing Ground 1940-42 | ||||||||||
Code | CI[1] | ||||||||||
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Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces | ||||||||||
Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1940-43 1945-61 * No. 9 Group RAF * No. 10 Group RAF * No. 70 (T) Group RAF[1] | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1939 | /40||||||||||
In use | September 1940 - 1961 | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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Elevation | 88 metres (289 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Chilbolton or RAF Chilbolton is a former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England. The airfield was located in Chilbolton approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Andover, about 62 miles (100 km) southwest of London.
Opened in 1940, it was used by the Royal Air Force and later by the United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a troop carrier airfield for parachutists. After the war it was used for military jet aircraft training before closing as an RAF station in 1946, although it was then used until the early 1960s by the Vickers-Supermarine and Folland aircraft companies for flight testing and development flying.[2]
Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property, being used as agricultural fields.[2]