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relief landing ground located 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of
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Training School initially flying
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827:RAF Mountain Rescue Service
822:RAF Search and Rescue Force
423:Women's Auxiliary Air Force
226:Location in Gloucestershire
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386:No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF
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388:storing and repairing
863:RAF Volunteer Reserve
896:List of RAF missiles
879:List of RAF aircraft
797:RAF Medical Services
782:RAF Chaplains Branch
308:Sommerfeld Tracking
294:Sommerfeld Tracking
180:51.64806°N 2.23000°W
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361:before changing to
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469:"RAF Babdown Farm"
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475:– Pastscape
429:Current use
183: /
158:Coordinates
1067:RAF Museum
842:Operations
807:RAF Police
765:components
698:Misc units
632:formations
437:References
355:flare path
168:51°38′53″N
910:personnel
872:equipment
745:Squadrons
663:Squadrons
634:and units
568:Lake, A.
530:Lake 1999
442:Citations
249:Direction
171:2°13′48″W
134:1940–1948
106:Beverston
1115:Category
1085:timeline
1009:Roundels
733:Regiment
707:stations
648:Commands
256:Surface
102:Location
92:Operator
77:Military
1100:commons
1080:history
1014:Uniform
884:current
750:Flights
668:Flights
549:13 June
515:13 June
479:13 June
349:History
343:England
331:Tetbury
253:Length
237:Runways
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69:Summary
1090:future
999:Ensign
889:future
719:Former
714:Active
653:Groups
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339:Stroud
305:1,133
302:3,720
299:14/32
291:1,050
288:3,450
285:08/26
272:2,870
269:02/20
131:In use
1004:Badge
740:Wings
658:Wings
641:units
116:Built
82:Owner
574:ISBN
551:2013
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138:1948
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59:none
55:ICAO
48:none
44:IATA
261:ft
196:Map
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