Former RAF Long Marston Airfield

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RAF Long Marston was opened in 1941 and was in the county of Gloucestershire and had two T2 hangars and one B1 hangar. The airfield had a mixture of 27 pan dispersals and spectacle dispersals which were used to disperse the aircraft around the airfield in case of enemy attack or accidents which could wreck mutliple aircraft if bunched together this was connected to the regular 3-runway layout. The airfield was constructed by John Laing & Son which also created a number of other local airfields including RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. The airfield closed on the 28th January 1958.

www.abct.org.uk/airfields/long-marston
www.longmarston.org/airfield.htm

It is now the home of the famous "Bulldog Bash"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulldog_Bash

Campden Road, Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire CV37 8LL
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Long_Marston
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Coordinates:   52°8'20"N   1°45'13"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago