- Source: RAF Bibury
Royal Air Force Bibury or more simply RAF Bibury is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located north east of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.
History
The airfield was built in 1939 for use as a relief landing ground for training aircraft from nearby RAF South Cerney. In the Battle of Britain the airfield was used to base detachments of fighter aircraft. Hawker Hurricanes of 87 Squadron arrived on detachment in August 1940. They were replaced by a detachment from 92 Squadron with the Supermarine Spitfire until September when the 87 Squadron detachment returned until the end of the year. During the Battle of Britain the airfield had very few buildings and a grass runway. The airfield was not used for flying after 1944 and was the base of a maintenance unit until it closed in 1945.
The following units were here at some point:
No. 3 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
No. 3 Service Flying Training School RAF
No. 7 Maintenance Unit RAF
No. 1539 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
References
= Citations
== Bibliography
=Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- RAF Bibury
- List of former Royal Air Force stations
- Adlertag
- RAF Fighter Command order of battle 1940
- List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units
- No. 87 Squadron RAF
- No. 3 Flying Training School RAF
- Kampfgeschwader 51
- Derek Harland Ward
- List of British racecourses
