Former RAF Keevil
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airport, Second World War 1939-1945
RAF Keevil is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 4 miles E of Trowbridge in Wiltshire.
The airfield was built on a site previously ear-marked for the purpose in the mid 1930s. Consisting of 3 long concrete runways the airfield was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.
The airfield was built on a site previously ear-marked for the purpose in the mid 1930s. Consisting of 3 long concrete runways the airfield was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Keevil
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°18'45"N 2°6'55"W
- RAF Fairford 48 km
- RAF Brize Norton 61 km
- London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) 114 km
- Former RAE Bedford /RAF Thurleigh 152 km
- Alconbury Developments Limited (Former RAF Alconbury) 176 km
- RAF Wittering 182 km
- Manchester International Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) 230 km
- Dublin Airport 370 km
- Belfast International Airport 464 km
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport 497 km
- RAF Keevil Ammunition Storage and Preparation Site (Bomb Dump) 1.3 km
- RAF Keevil Domestic Site 1.7 km
- Ashton Common 2.6 km
- Green Lane Wood 3.7 km
- Biss Wood 4.4 km
- Biss Meadows Country Park 5.7 km
- White Horse Business Park 6 km
- Trowbridge Cemetery 6.1 km
- The Salisbury Plain Training Area 16 km
- Salisbury Plain 19 km
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